Category: Arthritis Issues

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Despite guidelines that call for early and aggressive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, a new study suggests many older adults are not prescribed disease-modifying medications for their inflammatory autoimmune disease.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Compared to older patients being evaluated for total knee arthroplasty (TKA), younger patients – under age 60 – have similar pain, disability, and willingness to undergo surgery

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PULLMAN, Wash. – Cells from a cheek swab revealed biomarkers for rheumatoid arthritis that could lead to a way to diagnose and begin treatment before the disease develops

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Plant-based diets rich in whole grains, fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fats, sodium and processed foods — basically a Mediterranean diet — might help reduce symptoms associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ROCHESTER, Minn. — A significant indicator of whether a patient with rheumatoid arthritis will improve over the course of disease may lie in part in their gut

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers within Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine and Division of Rheumatology have developed a first-of-its-kind machine learning algorithm that can predict rheumatoid arthritis disease activity in a patient.

(HealthNewsDigest.com)  – For patients with severe arthritis of the ankle, total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) provides better long-term function than ankle arthrodesis (AA), reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – May is Arthritis Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about a condition that affects approximately 1 in 4 adults in the U.S., which is over 54.4 million men and women.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In a study published online February 25, 2021 in The New England Journal of Medicine, a repurposed drug used to treat arthritis did not significantly improve the outcomes of patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Children with arthritis affecting five or more joints, called polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (polyarticular JIA), living in less affluent families were twice as likely to report more than an hour of morning joint stiffness….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Since doctors began treating cancer patients with immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors nearly a decade ago, they have observed that a subset of these patients experience a side effect that clinically looks like inflammatory arthritis.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Many people think that over-the-counter pain relievers must be harmless because they are available without a prescription. But repeated use of these drugs can damage your stomach, kidneys, liver or heart.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PITTSBURGH, – Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering have created a machine-learning algorithm that can detect subtle signs of osteoarthritis….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Injections of a natural “energy” molecule prompted regrowth of almost half of the cartilage lost with aging in knees, a new study in rodents shows.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new total wrist replacement device earlier this month for people seeking relief from painful arthritis.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Not running or jogging because you think it worsens or increases your risk for osteoarthritis?

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Oct. 10, 2019 – Osteoarthritis can’t be ignored.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – More than 10 percent of Americans over age 60 experience knee pain related to osteoarthritis, the most common disease of the knee joint.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Constant itchy, painful bumps, scaly arms and legs, and damaged nails make lichen planus an inflammatory skin disease that’s both frustrating and painful for patients trying to keep their quality of life.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Miami, FL, September 17, 2019 – Scientists writing in a 2017 issue of European Medical Journal predicted that new, more effective therapeutic agents to stop the progressive destruction of joint cartilage in osteoarthritis are “on the close horizon.”