Arthritis News

Prolonged breastfeeding helps prevent rheumatoid arthritis Monday, 4-Nov-2004 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an inflammatory disease of the immune system, is between two and four times more likely to strike women than men. Among women, RA is more likely to develop when reproductive hormonal levels are changing, such as in the first few months following a … [Read more...]

Same Treatment, new Approach for Rheumatoid Arthritis Reported September 5, 2006 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study reveals there may be a more effective way to deliver drugs to treat rheumatoid arthritis, according to researchers from the University of California, San Diego. The study reveals the very same … [Read more...]

Statins for Rheumatoid ArthritisReported January 30, 2006 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers from Jichi Medical School in Tochigi, Japan, are studying whether statins could be used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Statins are a class of drugs used mostly to treat high cholesterol. Recently, they have been … [Read more...]

Unlikely Cause of Chronic Pain DiscoveredReported January 31, 2006 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research from the United Kingdom reveals what causes ongoing spontaneous pain is undamaged nerve fibers -- not those fibers that are injured. It's an unexpected finding, say researchers from the University of … [Read more...]

Heel Test Reveals Osteoporosis Risk Reported June 26, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A simple ultrasound test of the heel might be a good way to predict which women are at highest risk for the bone thinning disease osteoporosis. It could also help determine which women don’t have to worry about developing the condition. Swiss researchers tested … [Read more...]

Pain Isn’t Just a Symptom of Arthritis Reported October 01, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Pain is often thought to be a debilitating symptom of osteoarthritis. But new research suggests pain is more than a symptom, it’s a damaging part of the disease itself. According to a new study, pain signals originate in arthritic joints and the … [Read more...]

Total Ankle Replacement Reported May 28, 2008 CLEVELAND, Ohio (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- One-point-three million Americans live with rheumatoid arthritis. The pain can be excruciating. Now, there's a brand new implant that can help these people walk pain free. Beverly McFarland has had 10 surgeries because of painful rheumatoid arthritis. Now she's … [Read more...]

Custom Ankle Replacements Reported April 17, 2009 BALTIMORE (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Two million people visit the doctor every year because of pain from ankle arthritis or fractures. For some, ankle fusion was the only option to ease the pain, but it made the ankle stiff. A personalized ankle replacement could be the answer for those who want … [Read more...]

Vitamin E won't prevent rheumatoid arthritis: studyReported November 20, 2008 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking vitamin E supplements does not reduce a woman's risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an analysis of data from the Women's Health Study indicates. "Despite plausible biologic mechanisms," the present randomized, controlled trial does not show that long-term use of … [Read more...]

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs can Cause Skin Disease Reported April 7, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A class of drugs called Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNF-alpha) blocking agents used to treat rheumatoid arthritis can cause skin problems in a quarter of patients taking the medications, according to a new study. Researchers … [Read more...]

One in six has arthritis, osteoporosis Reported December 17, 2008 About 3.3 million people have arthritis including more than 2000, mostly female, children. The disease affects more than one third of people aged over 65 and more than half of those aged 85 or over, according to a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. … [Read more...]

Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are debilitating conditions that leave patients exhausted, unable to sleep and severely limit their ability to live normally. Here's one doctor who has a unique approach to help patients get their lives back. Anne Francis enjoys her daily walks with O'Shea. It was something she could not do a year ago. "Life was not worth living," she … [Read more...]

There's new hope for people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, a debilitating chronic inflammatory disease. Researchers published their findings early in an online edition of The Lancet. Researchers from the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, studied three new drugs to test their efficacy as stand-alone treatments or as combination therapies with existing treatments. The … [Read more...]

Stem Cells Repair Osteoarthritis Damage Reported April 15, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A partially derived stem cell that can be produced in large enough numbers to be a realistic treatment for osteoarthritis has been discovered in adult cartilage by scientists at Cardiff University in Wales, UK. The partially derived cell, also called a … [Read more...]