Posts from ‘April, 2009’

The arthritis Foundation will host its Let’s Move Together arthritis Walk at Adler Memorial Park Saturday.

PHOENIXVILLE — If early figures are any indication, the 2009 arthritis Walk in Collegeville will bring out the largest crowd ever.

A shocking 90% of calls to arthritis Care’s helpline in the last 12 months have been cries for help over pain - so this year, the charity is marking its awareness week by urging doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to support people with arthritis in making a special challenge to pain and the constraints [...]

The arthritis Foundation Aquatic Program was created for people with arthritis to keep joints flexible, muscles strong and to help reduce the pain associated with arthritis. The exercises were developed by physical therapists to address the pain, fatigue and decreased strength that often accompany the disease.

SPARTA- Ten-year-old Victoria Munro from Sparta was one of four children from New Jersey to visit Capitol Hill last month on behalf of the arthritis Foundation’s 11th annual Advocacy and Kids’ Summit.

The arthritis Foundation Carolinas Chapter will hold its arthritis Walk on Saturday at Wannamaker County Park. More than 300 walkers are expected to participate in the event that raises awareness and funds to fight arthritis, the nation’s most common cause of disability.

Azam Anwar played competitive tennis in his youth, and trophies aren’t the only thing he has to show for it. An arthritic right knee reminds him of the years spent on the singles court.

Fund-Raisers arthritis: The arthritis Walk will be held on Saturday at Adler Memorial Park, 1584 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. Funds raised will benefit arthritis research, programs and services, and patient advocacy efforts. Choose from a 3.1 mile or one-mile walk route, and enjoy refreshments, kids’ games, face-painting, live entertainment, free health fair and huge raffle. [...]

Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. and Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) announced that Health Canada has granted approval of SIMPONI (TM) (golimumab) as a once-monthly, subcutaneous therapy for the treatment of moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA), active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and active ankylosing spondylitis (AS).

(Oklahoma City, OK) — University of Oklahoma medical researchers have published their find of a genetic marker for juvenile arthritis. Doctors say the discovery could lead to better treatment protocols which might lead to fine-tuned therapies for individual patients.

Dundas Community Services hosts a free educational seminar for seniors and caregivers on arthritis, May 14 at 3 p. m., Dundas Community Centre, 10 Market St.

During the past few years, several new genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been identified. The majority of genetic risk factors identified so far have been associated with autoantibody-positive RA, which affects about two-thirds of RA patients, but distinguishing this variant from autoantibody-negative RA, which is less destructive, is considered increasingly important.

Title: Health Tip: Drive Safely With arthritis Category: Health News Created: 4/16/2009 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/16/2009

Nine-year-old Higgins lay on the operating table, as doctors bustled around him, preparing for surgery to relieve him of the arthritis pain in his hips.

( Wiley-Blackwell ) Psoriatic arthritis affects about 11 percent of patients with psoriasis. Anti-tumor necrosis factor ? (anti-TNF?) agents, which block signaling molecules that induce inflammation, improve the symptoms of psoriatic arthritis. Golimumab is a new human monoclonal antibody that works against TNF? and has been shown to be beneficial within two weeks of the [...]