According to the article, “Clinical Review of Dietary Therapy For Rheumatoid Arthritis”, published in the British Journal of Rheumatology (1993;32:507-514) changes in diet may benefit patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The authors of the study propose that improving the diet is extremely safe and may improve symptoms and reduce medication needs without any side-effects. One of Read More …
Category: Arthritis
Resistance Exercise Helps Juvenile Arthritis Sufferers
Children with juvenile arthritis took part in an eight-week individualized program of resistance exercise at the University at Buffalo. Their ability to function was greatly improved by the exercise. Some improved by as much as 200%, preliminary results of the study have shown. Pain, use of medications and disability decreased significantly for the participants. Nadine Read More …
Research backs use of cod liver oil for arthritis
Professor Caterson and other Scientists at CardiffUniversity(Wales, UK) have found that the Omega-3 fatty acids in cod liver oil work by inhibiting enzymes that break down joint cartilage. Inhibiting these enzymes slow the progress of cartilage destruction that occurs in arthritis. It also reduces inflammation and thus lessens pain. This finding upholds findings of two Read More …
Pain Medications May be Linked to Kidney Failure
People with kidney disease or other ailments who regularly take aspirin or acetaminophen may be increasing the risk of developing kidney failure. Patients who regularly use pain medications (according to researchers, regular use is defined as at least twice each week for two months), were between two and three times more likely to have the Read More …
Pain medication increases chance of kidney failure
People with kidney disease who regularly take aspirin or acetaminophen may increase their risk of developing kidney failure, According to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine (December 20, 2001;345:1801-1808) the use of aspirin or acetaminophen may increase the risk of kidney failure in those with existing kidney disease. Kidney patients who took Read More …
Pain Medication Can Increase the Risk of a Second Bout of Heart Failure
Popular anti-inflammatory, pain-killing drugs (called NSAIDs—or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) may increase the risk of relapse in patients with heart failure according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (February 11, 2002;162:265-270). NSAIDs, a group of drugs that includes aspirin and ibuprofen, are often used to treat pain and inflammation.The drugs will not Read More …
Obesity and Poor Pain Tolerance
A study published in the journal, Pain (2003; 104(3):549-57) followed over 1100 patients who had been treated for obesity (either surgically or non-surgically). The researchers found that hip, ankle, knee, neck and back pain was more common in obese patients than in the general population. Two years after bariatric surgery, the amount of pain suffered Read More …
Nitric Oxide
Nitric oxide, not to be confused with laughing gas (which is nitrous oxide), is important for the health of the cardiovascular system, the joints, the lung, the nervous system, the immune system and may even be useful in preventing erectile dysfunction. It is synthesized from L-arginine. In the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism (August 1993;36(8):1036-1044), an Read More …
MSM and Joint Health
Research performed at the University of California at San Diego looked at the effect MSM has on cartilage. It was published in the Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Journal (available online December 27, 2007). This was an “in vitro” study, meaning that the researchers looked at cartilage that was outside of the body. They were concerned with Read More …
Link between Salmonella and Arthritis
Research that was performed at Johns Hopkins and published in the February 2002 issue of Nature Medicine, revealed a connection between certain bacterial infections and autoimmune disease. If normal cells carry a specific protein that mimics the bacterial protein, they may be attacked by the immune system. If there has been a bacterial infection, cells Read More …