Arthritis Stories
- A study review finds that exercise programs significantly reduced arthritic pain and moderately improved physical function, but only up to six months.
- AbbVie Inc decides not to buy rights to a similar arthritis treatment after its own product improves symptoms in mid-stage studies.
- People with arthritis who practiced yoga for just eight weeks had about a 20 percent improvement in health, pain, energy, and mood: study.
- More patients are supplementing their primary care with treatments, like acupuncture and chiropractic care.
- A technology once used to scan silicon wafers for defects now moves through the human body scanning organs down to the level of a single cell, just like Google Maps.
- An updated experimental form of AbbVie Inc's Humira arthritis drug has clear advantages over the original that could help the company confront looming cheaper biosimilar forms of the blockbuster medication.
- Here are five out of the 206 bones in the human body that are most susceptible to fractures.
- King Richard III, described by Shakespeare as a "bunch-backed toad," wasn't as disfigured as people thought. But he did have a spiral-shaped spine, new research shows.
- Targeting a so-called ion channel may alleviate osteoarthritis pain by "tricking" cartilage into thinking it is exercising.
- The new rheumatoid arthritis drug sarilumab could significantly improve mobility and alleviate pain for people suffering from the chronic condition.
- Comfort claim to help ailing feet, but they might be doing your piggies a disservice, leading to harm in knees and joints.
- Dr. Frank Arnett hypothesized that Christopher Columbus suffered from reactive arthritis, a rare and incurable form of the disease.