Posts from ‘February, 2009’

Current arthritis medications can ease the pain, but stopping the progression of the disease requires more aggressive treatments: use of very limited available drugs or surgical intervention. University of Missouri researchers hope to find new therapeutic targets for arthritis by studying the interaction between two proteins that, if interrupted, may prevent arthritis pain caused by [...]

MU study provides insight into the progression of arthritis

THURSDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) — The drug ustekinumab shows promise against psoriatic arthritis (PA), according to a study that included patients from 24 sites in Europe and North America.

Ustekinumab, a biologic drug designed to treat psoriasis, may also curb psoriatic arthritis, researchers report online in The Lancet.

A sports reporter diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in his early 20s is tackling an Olympic distance triathlon later this year in London.

A group of patients suffering from potentially debilitating psoriatic arthritis showed significant and prolonged improvement after treatment with ustekinumab, according to data from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in patients with moderate to severe psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The Phase 2 study was published in the British medical journal The Lancet.

Many herbal medicines and other complementary therapies do nothing to help people with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a report published today. A review of published data on natural remedies found the majority were completely ineffective at relieving patients’ symptoms, or had only tentative evidence to suggest they worked. Almost half of the UK [...]

EAST HANOVER TWP. -The Health Department and the Roseland Board of Health, along with the North Jersey Chapter of the arthritis Foundation, will offer the arthritis Foundation Exercise Program to East Hanover and Roseland residents from 8 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays beginning March 18 and continuing for eight weeks at the Tom Rinaldi Recreation [...]

Many herbal medicines and other complementary therapies do nothing to help people with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a British study released yesterday.

For years, people with arthritis and related conditions were taught not to exercise.

Long-term use of prescription-grade chondroitin sulfate for treatment of knee arthritis reduces pain and slows joint narrowing, investigators report in the journal arthritis & Rheumatism.

Hagerstown Community College’s Center for Continuing Education is offering two courses in March and April geared toward those with arthritis.

CHARLESTON — An exercise program designed specifically, but not exclusively, for people with arthritis is being offered at the LifeSpan Center.

FRIDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) — The first evidence that gene therapy can ease symptoms in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been reported by American and German researchers.

EAST HANOVER TWP. -The Health Department and the Roseland Board of Health, along with the North Jersey Chapter of the arthritis Foundation, will offer the arthritis Foundation Exercise Program to East Hanover and Roseland residents from 8 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays beginning March 18 and continuing for eight weeks at the Tom Rinaldi Recreation [...]