Osteoarthritis Stories
- For pain relief, here are the top 14 hemp creams.
- New evidence from a mouse study found what may be the unexpected driving force behind osteoarthritis or "wear and tear" arthritis.
- New research has suggested that having "noisy knees," or knees that creak and grate when you move, may be an early sign of osteoarthritis, a common degenerative joint disease.
- A Belgian study finds not getting enough of the right prescriptions can significantly boost the likelihood of being hospitalized, or dying.
- Higher doses of vitamin D do not delay functional decline in older adults and may increase falls among older adults, according to a recent study.
- Obese patients who lose at least 10 percent of their body weight can slow down the progression of cartilage degeneration in their knees: study.
- People with arthritis who practiced yoga for just eight weeks had about a 20 percent improvement in health, pain, energy, and mood: study.
- Acetaminophen is ineffective when treating low back pain, and can provide only minimal, short term benefit to sufferers of osteoarthritis: study.
- 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.
- Targeting a so-called ion channel may alleviate osteoarthritis pain by "tricking" cartilage into thinking it is exercising.
- An artificial cannabis molecule could help protect against osteoarthritis and inflammatory pain.