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By Bill Freeman One small research company in upstate New York is betting on Mother Nature to find an all around cure for chronic pain. SiCap Industries manufactures a line of One small research company in upstate New York is betting on Mother Nature to find an all around cure for chronic pain. SiCap Industries …
By Bill Freeman A fake Christmas tree may be more popular, but here’s a new reason to appreciate the real thing: Researchers have identified a group of anti-inflammatory compounds in the bark of the Scotch pine — widely used for Christmas trees — that they say could be developed into food supplements or drugs for …
By Bill Freeman Recently, a team of British researchers found that a diet lacking in fruit, especially varieties high in vitamin C, increases the risk of inflammatory arthritis, a common early sign of rheumatoid arthritis, as much as three-fold. Building on this compelling finding, they set out to investigate the association of other dietary habits …
By Bill Freeman Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by chronic articular inflammation and progressive joint destruction. Autoimmunity to type II collagen (CII), an abundant molecule in articular cartilage, is implicated in pathogenesis because the immunization of susceptible strains of rats, mice and nonhuman primates using native CII in adjuvant results in …
By Bill Freeman New research suggests that vitamin D may offer some protection against rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Dr Kenneth G Saag, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues analyzed data obtained from nearly 30,000 women aged 55 to 69 years old, who took part in the Iowa Women’s Health Study. Results showed that …
By Bill Freeman New study results suggest that a drug used to treat the pain of osteoarthritis may have the added bonus of actually improving the condition. Dr Daniel-Henri Manicourt and colleagues at the University of Louvain in Belgium found that celecoxib, a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) selective inhibitor sold in the US and Europe as Celebrex, …
By Bill Freeman The discovery of a molecule’s function in blocking enzymes that play a pivotal role in the onset of arthritis could lead to the creation of new anti-arthritic drugs.Source: http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2003-11-13-3 The discovery of a molecule’s function in blocking enzymes that play a pivotal role in the onset of arthritis could lead to the …
By Bill Freeman New research suggests that the so-called obesity hormone leptin may play an important role in the development of osteoarthritis. Dr Helene Dumond and colleagues from France’s Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique measured leptin levels in synovial fluid, a fluid found in joints, taken from arthritis sufferers. New research suggests that the …