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Arthritis News Archive27-Aug-2008
Ask the expert: How much do you know about arthritis? (The Star Press)
Q What is arthritis?
Study Examines How Rheumatoid Arthritis Destroys Bone (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Study Examines How Rheumatoid arthritis Destroys Bone Category: Health News Created: 8/23/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 8/25/2008
Pipex Pharma acquires oral candidate for rheumatoid arthritis (PharmaBiz)
Pipex Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative late-stage drug candidates for the treatment of central nervous system and autoimmune diseases, has acquired an oral, once-daily candidate for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which has completed a 160 patient, multi-center, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase-II clinical trial for the ...
American College of Rheumatology Research and Ed. Found. Awards New Research Grants for Rheumatoid Arthritis Research (Newswise)
The American College of Rheumatology Research and Ed. Found. (ACR REF) has selected 15 experienced researchers from leading institutions to receive an estimated $6 million from the Foundation's Within Our Reach: Finding a Cure for Rheumatoid Arthritis campaign. The awards are the second round of grants funded by the $30 million national multi-year fundraising effort focused specifically on ...
Researchers discover key details of how rheumatoid arthritis destroys bone (News-Medical-Net)
Researchers have discovered key details of how rheumatoid arthritis (RA) destroys bone, according to a study published in the Aug. 22 edition of the Journal of Biological Chemistry. The findings are already guiding attempts to design new drugs to reverse RA-related bone loss and may also address more common forms of osteoporosis with a few adjustments.
Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis: New Guidelines Developed For Physicians (Science Daily)
Updated rules add new anti-arthritic drugs and proven combinations to the arsenal for treating rheumatoid arthritis. The RA guidelines, issued by the American College of Rheumatology, are the first update since 2002. They focus on several classes of anti-arthritic drugs, including disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and genetically engineered biologics.
Fundraising planned to fight arthritis (Prince George Citizen Online)
Every month more than 8,000 Canadians are diagnosed with arthritis; adding up to about 100,000 per year and about one million over the next decade.Before dismissing the disease as something that affects just older people, consider that this debilitating disease can strike anyone at any age at any time, and already affects 4.5 million Canadians, 600,000 British Columbians and about 12,500 Prince ...
New process creates cheaper drugs (UPI)
EDINBURGH, England, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Scottish researchers say they have found a way to create cheaper drugs used to fight conditions such as cancer and arthritis.
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