By Erin Dean For The Mail On Sunday Published: 19:25 EDT, 21 September 2024 | Updated: 20:28 EDT, 21 September 2024 Injecting tiny grains of plastic into the knee joint could offer hope to patients crippled by arthritis pain, NHS research suggests. The ground-breaking technique requires only a local anaesthetic, a few hours in hospital...
September 20, 2024 by Dennis Thompson An arthritis sufferer’s joints start to get ornery when the weather turns colder, getting stiff and achy as the mercury drops. Cold weather doesn’t cause arthritis, but it can make it worse, experts say. “Our joints operate best in temperate weather,” said Dr. Mariko Ishimori, interim director at the...
September 13, 2024 by David Kearns, University College Dublin Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainOne in four participants in a European wide study aimed at detecting early signs of psoriasis showed signs of possible arthritis. This is according to the Hippocrates Prospective Observational Study (HPOS), which involves researchers at University College Dublin, in partnership with the University...
Written by Joanna Foley, RD | Reviewed by Farzon A. Nahvi, MDUpdated on June 20, 2024 Key takeaways: Because arthritis is an inflammatory condition, eating foods that promote inflammation may make symptoms worse.Some of the foods thought to be the worst for arthritis include fried foods, foods high in added sugar, and foods high in...
Written by Kristen Gasnick, PT, DPT | Reviewed by Sanjai Sinha, MD Key takeaways: Osteoarthritis –– a condition that wears down bones and cartilage in joints –– often affects the knees. It causes pain, stiffness, and swelling.Exercises for knee arthritis may increase leg flexibility, strengthen the knees and hips, and ease pain.Generally, exercise is safe...
The findings contradicted earlier data from elite weightlifters showing a high risk of osteoarthritis. By Ian McMahanMay 20, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. EDT People with a history of strength training were 23 percent less likely to have symptomatic knee arthritis than those who didn’t engage in the activity, according to a recent study. According to...
by Elana Gotkine The age-adjusted prevalence of adults with arthritis was 18.9 percent in 2022 in the United States, according to a February data brief published by the National Center for Health Statistics. Nazik Elgaddal, from the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, and colleagues used data from the 2022 National Health Interview...
by American College of Rheumatology Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers will present the first-ever study of fractures and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease at ACR Convergence 2023, the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) annual meeting. They report a doubled risk of fractures in patients with acute calcium pyrophosphate crystal arthritis compared to those without the disease. Calcium...
by Oxford University Press Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain According to a new paper in Rheumatology, published by Oxford University Press, JAK inhibitors, which doctors have used to treat patients with arthritis despite concerns about the effectiveness of such drugs, actually do work quite well. In a multicenter, retrospective study Japanese researchers found that the drugs resulted...
Lucy Hicks October 25, 2023 Certain products marketed for arthritis and pain management could contain hidden ingredients that could be harmful to consumers, according to a warning by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Some of these products contain active ingredients found in anti-inflammatory prescription medication. “These products may cause potentially serious side effects and may...
