Researchers from VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) and Ghent University have shown that a defective gene can contribute to the onset of rheumatoid arthritis, an often-crippling inflammation of the joints that afflicts about 1% of the world's population. Until now, the underlying...
Scientists at Mount Sinai Hospital, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Toronto, University Health Network and McGill University have obtained significant new insights into the causes of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune disorders including type 1 diabetes, lupus...
New research reports a high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency among patients with psoriatic arthritis. Seasonal variation in vitamin D levels was not observed in patients in southern or northern locations. The findings published in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the...
The Arthritis Foundation and Covidien (NYSE: COV) have joined forces to help advance awareness and support for millions of people suffering from osteoarthritis in the United States. Covidien will serve as a sponsor of the Foundation's Let's Move Together Movement Tracker, an educational and...
The increasing use of biologic agents and of the disease-modifying drug methotrexate over the last decade has revolutionised the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Today RA is much better controlled. In most cases disease activity can be suppressed when it flares, the terrible swan neck...
Tasocitinib (CP-690,550) has been found to reduce the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis considerably, as well as significantly improving physical function according to a Phase 3 clinical trial, ORAL Solo (1045), says Pfizer. Tasocitinib, used as a monotherapy - on its own - is an oral...
The Arthritis Foundation announces a major step in passing bi-partisan arthritis legislation in more than 30 years. The Arthritis Prevention, Control and Cure Act (H.R. 1210/S. 984) was approved today by the House Energy and Commerce Committee and will now go to the House of Representatives to...
People with arthritis who exercise have less pain, more energy, improved sleep, and better day-to-day function, according to the American College of Rheumatology. One form of arthritis, osteoarthritis, is the most common form of joint disease in humans and is a leading cause of disability among...
The American College of Rheumatology today announced the release of revised classification criteria (created in collaboration with the European League Against Rheumatism) for rheumatoid arthritis, which will allow the study of treatments for RA at much earlier stages of the disease - before...
I need recipes that...
- is low in salt
- is sugar free
- has no tomatoes
- (and if possible) has little or no cheese
My dad has arthritis and can barely eat because of what he has to avoid eating.
Please give me recipes that taste good but can follow this list.
People with rheumatoid arthritis whose health insurance requires them to pay a higher share of the cost are less likely to use biotech drugs than those with coverage that is more generous. High family medical bills also appear to reduce the use of these powerful but expensive medications...
An international team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute in California and the National Research Institute for Child Health and Development in Japan has discovered that a natural molecule in the body counters the progression of osteoarthritis. The findings could one day lead to...
Joan Broderick, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stony Brook University, has received a $606,000 grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This...
My rabbit has severe arthritis in her right leg.
We took her to the doctors a month ago but the medication given to her hasnt improved her at all so i was wondering if i could give her some fish oil (because apparently it helps with arthritis) and if i can, how much do i give her daily.
much...
I came across so many home remedies in websites that supposedly cure arthritis, like apple cider vinegar, lemon juice and honey. Do they really work? thanks in advance.