Arthritis News Archive

01-Feb-2007

 

New Score Helps Spot Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferers (MedicineNet.com)
Title: New Score Helps Spot Rheumatoid arthritis Sufferers Category: Health News Created: 1/31/2007 2:06:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 1/31/2007 2:06:09 AM

Model May Predict Rheumatoid Arthritis (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Model May Predict Rheumatoid arthritis Category: Health News Created: 1/31/2007 Last Editorial Review: 1/31/2007

Arthritis Foundation exercise program finds a new home at the YWCA of Greater Johnstown (The Daily American)
JOHNSTOWN - ?Walk two laps and call me in the morning.? That's the prescription more doctors should be giving their patients with various forms of arthritis, says the Arthritis Foundation.

Gouty arthritis strikes right in the joints (The Star-Ledger)
Is gout a type of arthritis? What is the treatment of gout? Gout is a type of arthritis that is characterized by recurrent attacks of pain and swelling of the connective tissue or joints. It results from the formation of urate crystals in the joint fluid.

Exercise Won't Up Knee Arthritis Risk (CBS News)
Moderate exercise doesn't increase the risk of developing arthritis in the knees of older adults, even if they are overweight, according to a study that evaluated more than 1,200 people.

Assessing the cost of juvenile arthritis (EurekAlert!)
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatic disease in childhood, yet unlike adult arthritis, little is known about its economic impact.

Juvenile arthritis economic impact studied (UPI)
MONTREAL, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A Canadian study shows juvenile idiopathic arthritis, the most common rheumatic disease in childhood, inflicts a substantial negative economic impact.

New Score Helps Spot Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferers (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Dutch researchers may have a new method of predicting whether patients with arthritic symptoms will progress to the autoimmune form of the disease, rheumatoid arthritis.

New method of predicting rheumatoid arthritis offers early help to sufferers (News-Medical-Net)
Dutch researchers believe they may have come up with a new way of predicting whether patients with arthritic symptoms will progress to the autoimmune form of the disease, rheumatoid arthritis.

Predicting The Risk Of Rheumatoid Arthritis For Early Arthritis Patients (Medical News Today)
Nine clinical variables help determine the need for early aggressive treatmentMarked by chronic inflammation of the joints and tissue, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a painful and potentially disabling autoimmune disease. [click link for full article]

Back to Alternative Treatments for Arthritis

Back to Arthritis News Archive