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News: May 28, 2012
Research With Dogs Points to Early Test for Arthritis
FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- A new test that can detect and predict osteoarthritis before patients experience symptoms was developed by analyzing the joints of dogs with arthritis. Osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, affects m...
Dinosaurs May Have Suffered From Arthritis
WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Dinosaurs may have suffered from arthritis, new research says. When examining a specimen of a pliosaur, researchers from University of Bristol in England noticed that the dinosaur had signs of a degenerative c...
Rising Obesity Rates Might Mean More Rheumatoid Arthritis
FRIDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that severe weight gain might raise the risk for rheumatoid arthritis -- a painful, chronic ailment -- especially among obese women. The epidemiological research indicated that about half of t...
Arthritis in Children Linked to Infections
TUESDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) -- Children with juvenile arthritis have higher rates of bacterial infection when hospitalized than children without arthritis, a new study says. While taking high-dose steroids was associated with a higher infectio...
Anxiety, Depression Often Go Hand-in-Hand With Arthritis
MONDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Depression or anxiety affect one-third of Americans with arthritis who are aged 45 or older, a new study shows. Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also found that even though a...
Gastro Woes Often Strike Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
MONDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- People with rheumatoid arthritis are at increased risk for gastrointestinal problems, such as ulcers and bleeding, and also for death related to gastrointestinal issues, a new study says. The findings highlight ...
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Quit Statins May Face Raised Death Risk
WEDNESDAY, March 28 (HealthDay News) -- People suffering from rheumatoid arthritis who stop taking their cholesterol-lowering drugs may raise their risk of dying, a new study finds. In fact, those who stopped taking statins raised their chances of...
Rheumatoid Arthritis May Raise Risk of Heart Rhythm Disorder
THURSDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk for a heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation, a new study finds. The research involved more than 4 million people, including more than 18,0...
Treat RheumatoidArthritis Early and Aggressively: Guidelines
THURSDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- More aggressive treatment for people in the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is among the most important changes recommended in updated American College of Rheumatology treatment guidelines. This chan...
Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked to Fertility Woes, Miscarriage
THURSDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Women with rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus often have fewer children than they'd hoped for, according to a new study. These autoimmune diseases, which typically develop during women's repr...
Higher Cancer Rate Seen in Children With Juvenile Arthritis
MONDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The cancer rate in children with juvenile arthritis is four times higher than in other children, a new study says. This increased risk of cancer isn't necessarily linked to arthritis treatments, such as tumor ne...
Too Many Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Inactive, Study Finds
THURSDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- More than 40 percent of rheumatoid arthritis patients live a sedentary life, a new study finds. It used to be thought that medication and rest was the best treatment, but now experts believe physical activity ...
Knee Arthritis May Speed Up Process Linked to Cell Aging
TUESDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A process linked to natural cell aging has now also been associated with knee osteoarthritis, researchers say. Telomeres -- lengths of DNA on the ends of chromosomes, sometimes described as being like the plast...
Herbal Medicines for Arthritis Not Backed by Evidence
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- There is little evidence to support the widespread use of herbal medicines to relieve the symptoms of osteoarthritis, according to a review of these products. Osteoarthritis is a painful condition that involv...
Mindfulness Training May Help Arthritis Patients Cope
TUESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- A small study finds that mindfulness training, which teaches people to push away troublesome thoughts, helped improve well-being in people with rheumatoid arthritis and similar diseases. Patients in Norway who ...
More Americans Exercise, but Arthritis Can Get in the Way
THURSDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise is good medicine, and the number of American adults who did no physical activity in their leisure time decreased from 31 percent in 1989 to 25 percent in 2008, researchers have found. But further gains...
Early Ovary Removal May Raise Arthritis, Osteoporosis Risk
THURSDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Women under the age of 45 who have their ovaries removed are more likely to be diagnosed with arthritis and have lower bone mineral density, a predictor of osteoporosis, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed ...
Knee Arthritis Striking at Younger Ages, But Weight Loss May Help
SATURDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Arthritis of the knee is striking Americans at younger ages, new research has found, but shedding a few pounds if you're overweight may reduce your risk. The studies were to be presented Saturday at the America...
Studies Suggest Link Between Smog, Joint Disease
SATURDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to certain types of air pollution is associated with an increased risk for the painful joint disease known as rheumatoid arthritis, new research suggests. This link is strongest for sulfur dioxide, one...
Race Tied to Risk for Arthritis in Large Joints
FRIDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks have a higher rate of multiple, large-joint osteoarthritis and knee osteoarthritis than whites do, a new study finds. Osteoarthritis is a painful chronic disease caused by a loss of cartilage in the joints.
1 in 4 With Psoriasis May Have Undiagnosed Arthritis
THURSDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one in four Americans with the chronic skin condition known as psoriasis may also have undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis, according to a new study. This is in addition to the 2 million people in the Unite...
TNF Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis Boosts Skin Cancer Risk
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors appears to increase their risk of developing skin cancer, a new review of prior research indicates. However, TNF inhibit...
As Venus Williams Bows Out of U.S. Open, Little-Known Disease Takes Center Court
THURSDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Venus Williams' surprising withdrawal from the U.S. Open on Wednesday has shifted the spotlight from the tennis star's daunting serve to her diagnosis with a little-known disease known as Sjogren's syndrome. W...
Billie Jean King Says Exercise Your Best Shot Against Arthritis
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Tennis legend Billie Jean King is serving up a powerful shot against an old opponent, arthritis, in a new campaign that stresses the benefits of exercise for people with the condition. King, 67, has osteoarth...
Realistic Activity Goals Seem to Ease Arthritis Pain, Study Finds
THURSDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Rheumatoid arthritis patients who believe in their ability to achieve physical activity goals -- called self-efficacy -- are more likely to reach those objectives, researchers have found. The investigators als...
Inflammation From Rheumatoid Arthritis Tied to Heart Disease
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDay News) -- People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of death from heart disease and other cardiovascular events due to RA-related inflammation and other risk factors, a new study indicates. It also fo...
Many Arthritis Patients May Not Be Exercising Enough
FRIDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Although being physically active is one of the best ways people with osteoarthritis can alleviate pain and improve their ability to get around, a new study shows that people with the joint disease are much more ...
Painful Gout Afflicting More Americans: Study
THURSDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- Over the past two decades, the number of American adults with the painful joint disease gout has soared to 8.3 million, a new study finds. The study's authors blame the rise in gout -- an inflammatory form of ...
Blue-Collar Employees With Arthritis Working Past 65: Study
MONDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- Although many Americans continue to work beyond retirement age, blue-collar workers are more likely to remain on the job after they turn 65 than white-collar employees, a new study has found. The researchers als...
Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Seem to Lack Enough Vitamin D
MONDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D insufficiency is common among people with psoriatic arthritis, but levels of the vitamin in the blood do not affect disease activity, a new study finds. People with psoriatic arthritis have the chronic...
Rheumatoid Arthritis May Double Risk of COPD
FRIDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- People with rheumatoid arthritis are twice as likely as healthy people to have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a large new study finds. The link between rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, and the breathin...
Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis May Raise Risk of Abnormal Heart Rhythm
FRIDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- People with two common inflammatory diseases stand a higher chance of developing a heart condition that is strongly associated with stroke, a new study suggests. The study, done at the University of Arkansas for M...
Rising Obesity Rates Add to Arthritis Woes in U.S.
THURSDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) -- Rising rates of obesity among the 50 million Americans with arthritis are cause for concern because excess weight is associated with increased problems for arthritis patients, a new study says. In people with...
Study Highlights Arthritis' Toll on Quality of Life
THURSDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) -- A new study helps confirm what many Americans with arthritis may already know: the illness can greatly diminish quality of life. Researchers analyzed data from 1 million adults who took part in the national B...
Clues to Why Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Humira Fails Some Patients
TUESDAY, April 12 (HealthDay News) -- In a new study, close to a third of patients taking the arthritis drug Humira developed an immune system reaction to it that rendered it ineffective. Researchers say the finding helps to explain why some peopl...
Exercise Is Key for People With Arthritis: Expert
FRIDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise is a good way for people with arthritis to control pain and improve physical function, says an expert. "People who have arthritis are often scared to exercise because they think they will hurt themselve...
Depression May Boost Arthritis Pain
TUESDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- Depression can worsen the pain of knee arthritis, a new study finds. South Korean researchers used X-rays to assess the severity of knee osteoarthritis in 660 men and women, aged 65 and older. The patients wer...
Doctors Need to Improve Guidance on Arthritis: Study
MONDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors today are more likely to advise obese arthritis patients to lose weight than 10 years ago, but they still fall short on counseling patients to exercise or learn about pain-management techniques, a new s...
3.1 Million Hispanic Americans Struggle With Arthritis
THURSDAY, Feb. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Arthritis affected about 3.1 million Hispanics in the United States between 2002 and 2009, and there were wide variations in arthritis rates among Hispanic subgroups, according to a new federal study. The age-...
Doctor Shortage Adds to Pain of Juvenile Arthritis
THURSDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Most people think of arthritis as a disease of old age, with people's joints growing creaky and painful later in life. But arthritis also affects hundreds of thousands of kids in the United States. Children an...
Lifetime of Arthritis Has Not Held Back Teen
THURSDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Liz Smith has six kids, and her fifth child has juvenile arthritis. The first signs of arthritis in Emily, now 18, appeared when she was just 2½ years old, said Smith, who lives in Burke, Va. "She slipped in a...
Patient Literacy Problems Can Hinder Rheumatoid Arthritis Care
FRIDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Among people with rheumatoid arthritis, 11 percent of those surveyed didn't know what a rheumatologist is, even if they had been seeing one for quite a while. In addition, more than one in 10 people surveyed cou...
Study Suggests Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked to Heart Attack Risk
THURSDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- One year after a person is diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis they are at a 60 percent increased risk of heart attack compared to people without the disease, a new study suggests. The study included almost 7,5...
Better Outcomes Seen With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis
TUESDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Early assessment of rheumatoid arthritis can reduce the amount of joint damage and improve the likelihood of disease remission without having to take disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, known as DMARDs, new ...
Tai Chi May Provide Arthritis Relief
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Arthritis patients may gain physical and emotional relief from the ancient Chinese art of Tai Chi, finds a new study, the largest of its kind. Patients with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalg...
Rheumatoid Arthritis May Raise Risk of Blood Vessel Plaque
SUNDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Inflammation associated with rheumatoid arthritis may damage more than the joints, new research suggests. The autoimmune disorder may also increase the risk of atherosclerosis, a buildup of plaque in the blood ve...
Almost One-Quarter of U.S. Adults Have Arthritis
THURSDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that 22 percent of adults in the United States -- 49.9 million people -- have been diagnosed with arthritis and that 42.4 percent of those people experience arthritis-related limitations in ac...
Could Drinking Help Thwart Rheumatoid Arthritis?
WEDNESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking alcohol may help keep rheumatoid arthritis at bay, possibly because it dampens the body's immune response, new research suggests. Alcohol consumption may also protect people who already have the auto...
Vaccines Don't Appear to Increase Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk
TUESDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Routine adult vaccinations for flu and other conditions don't appear to increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a new study has found. The finding challenges a common belief that such vaccinations can ca...
Key-Hole Surgery for Knee Injury Doesn't Lower Arthritis Risk
TUESDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- Arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) or meniscal cartilage injury in the knee does not reduce the risk of developing osteoarthritis later, a new study finds. Researchers analyz...
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