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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...
FDA Panel to Weigh Second Chance for New Class of Painkillers
MONDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Monday will weigh the wisdom of allowing new clinical trials of a class of powerful painkillers for osteoarthritis. The drugs may have worked so well for so...
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...
More Than 4 Million Americans Have New Knee
FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- More than 4 million Americans now live with an artificial knee, and increasing numbers of younger patients are undergoing knee replacement surgery, new research reveals. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospit...
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...
Diet Might Help Those Immobilized by Knee Osteoarthritis
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) -- A diet consisting of eight weeks of protein shakes and soup followed by adding low-calorie, high-protein foods can help people with knee osteoarthritis lose weight, which may lessen joint pain and improve the...
Knee Pain Plagues Many Women Over 50
MONDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Knee pain is common in middle-aged and older women, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed 12 years of data collected from nearly 500 women, ages 44 to 57, in Britain and found that 63 percent of those 50 and o...
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...
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.
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...
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 ...
Teen Athletes at Greater Risk for Osteoarthritis: Study
MONDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- Children and teens with abnormal development of the long bone between the pelvis and knee from playing high-intensity sports, such as soccer and basketball, are at greater risk for osteoarthritis of the hip, acc...
Men Who Smoke at Lower Risk of Joint Replacement: Study
FRIDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- It is well-known that smoking is unhealthy, yet men who smoke are less likely than nonsmokers to require total hip or knee replacement, according to a new study. The researchers also found that being overweight o...
Military Members Face Raised Risk of Osteoarthritis: Study
FRIDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. military personnel are at significantly increased risk of developing osteoarthritis compared to civilians, a new study has found. The physical demands of military service may play a role in the increased pre...
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...
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...
Weight Loss Surgery May Cut Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
SATURDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Losing weight can help reduce the amount of pain experienced by obese people with knee osteoarthritis, researchers say. The new study included 24 obese adults, aged 30 to 67, with knee osteoarthritis who under...
Knee Replacements Still Work 20 Years Later
THURSDAY, Feb. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with artificial knees were still going strong after 20 years, even jogging or playing tennis, researchers report. According to the study, most people who had knee replacements between 1975 and 1989 at...
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...
Painful Knees Often Tied to Pain in Other Joints
MONDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The pain of knee osteoarthritis is more severe in people who also have foot, elbow and lower back pain, a new study has found. In the study, researchers asked almost 1,400 knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients, aged...
Vitamin D No Magic Bullet for Osteoarthritis
SUNDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- People suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee appear to receive no relief from taking vitamin D supplements, U.S. researchers report. "I've never heard of vitamin D as an intervention strategy," said Dr. Kevin...
Gene Variations May Predict Severe Osteoarthritis
THURSDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic factors that may predict severe osteoarthritis have been identified by U.S. scientists. Their analysis of data from 1,154 osteoarthritis (OA) patients who were followed for up to 11 years found that t...
More Evidence That Glucosamine, Chondroitin Won't Help Ailing Joints
THURSDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Although millions take supplements containing glucosamine and chondroitin to relieve the pain of osteoarthritis in their hips and knees, there is no evidence that these supplements have any healing effect, fi...
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...
Osteoarthritis Claims Growing Number of Younger Victims
WEDNESDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- Osteoarthritis used to be thought of as an older person's condition. The joint disease occurs over time as the cartilage between bones breaks down and wears away, allowing the bones to rub together and causing...
Many With Arthritis Find Simple Solutions for Relief
TUESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- An older person with knee pain who learns that the cause is arthritis -- the wear-and-tear kind called osteoarthritis -- probably will do the right things to treat it, and probably won't consult a doctor or ph...
Hormone Replacement Might Relieve Arthritis
TUESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Hormone replacement therapy directed to joint fluid may help regenerate damaged cartilage tissue in people with advanced osteoarthritis, according to German researchers. Their study aimed to examine the regene...
Osteoarthritis Costs U.S. Over $185 Billion a Year
MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Medical care for osteoarthritis patients in the United States costs $185.5 billion a year, according to a new study. Of that amount, insurers pay $149.4 billion while patients pay $36.1 billion in out-of-pocket ...
Lots of Exercise in Midlife May Lead to Osteoarthritis
MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- If you're a middle-age weekend warrior who likes to hit the basketball court or hockey rink, take note: A new study suggests that high levels of physical activity boost the risk of internal knee damage that coul...
Tai Chi May Help Ward Off Knee Pain in Seniors
THURSDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Want to improve that osteoarthritis in your knee? New research suggests that regular Tai Chi exercise can reduce pain and help your knee function better. "Tai Chi is a mind-body approach that appears to be an ...
Glucosamine Fails Osteoarthritis Test
TUESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Glucosamine takes a hit in a new study that finds it doesn't prevent cartilage loss in people with osteoarthritis of the knee, University of Pittsburgh researchers report. Many arthritis sufferers take glucosam...
Coach K: Osteoarthritis Can Be Beaten
MONDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- As head coach of the Duke University men's basketball team for the past 29 years, Mike Krzyzewski has faced plenty of tough opponents. But none proved to be more formidable than osteoarthritis, the most common f...
No Osteoarthritis Seen in Obese Mice Without Leptin
TUESDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The appetite-regulating hormone leptin may contribute to osteoarthritis in obese people, according to a new study that suggests that skeletal wear and tear caused by excess weight isn't the only cause of the p...
Yoga Can Ease Lower Back Pain
TUESDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Practicing yoga can help ease chronic lower back pain, a new study shows. Researchers divided 90 people, aged 23 to 66, who had mild to moderate functional disability as a result of back pain into two groups.
Strong Thighs May Mean Less Knee Pain for Women
THURSDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Stronger thigh muscles can help protect women, but not men, from the pain of arthritic knees, a new study finds. The knee is the most common joint affected by osteoarthritis or degenerative joint disease, a ma...
Sleep Training Helps Ease Insomnia Tied to Arthritis
THURSDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia helps improve pain and sleep in older people with osteoarthritis and insomnia, researchers say. Their study included 23 patients (mean age 69) who received CBT-I and 2...
Biomarker Could Predict Severe Osteoarthritis
THURSDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- Levels of a certain protein strongly predict the risk of hip and knee joint replacement as a result of severe osteoarthritis, a new study shows. The research involved 912 healthy people in Italy, including 60 ...
Excess Weight Speeds Up Osteoarthritis
TUESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- If fear of heart disease and diabetes isn't enough reason to slim down, here's another: Being overweight or obese can cause rapid deterioration of the cartilage in the knee, leading to osteoarthritis, researche...
Weight Loss Might Not Curb Knee Arthritis
FRIDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- Losing weight may not help prevent the progression of knee osteoarthritis, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at more than 2,600 people with the knee ailment who were at high risk for the condition becaus...
Hip Osteoarthritis Therapy No Better Than Placebo
FRIDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- A single injection of hyaluronic acid is no more effective than a placebo in treating hip osteoarthritis (OA), a new French study finds. Hyaluronic acid (HA), a substance found in normal joint fluid, is used to ...
Prescription Chondroitin May Help Knee Osteoarthritis
FRIDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term use of chondroitins 4 and 6 sulfate (CS) appears to slow the worsening and ease the symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee, a new study says. The European study, published in the February issue of Arthr...
Exercise Key Player in Knee Replacement Recovery
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise may play a key role in helping people recover from total knee replacement and knee osteoarthritis (OA), two new studies show. After receiving a total knee replacement, patients following a six-week pr...
Knee Replacement Works Best When Patients, Providers Agree
MONDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- People with severe osteoarthritis tend to be happier with their care and treatment if they see eye-to-eye with their health-care providers on the issue of total knee replacement, a new study finds. However, abou...
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