RHEUM || Osteoarthritis

VIDEO: Micro RNA biomarkers hint at potential for predicting OA

Posted on: 12/06/2014 - 16:10

PARIS – Newly discovered micro RNA molecules found in the blood of patients before they developed severe osteoarthritis may help predict the disease and potentially identify those who would most...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Naloxegol cut opioid-associated constipation without impairing pain relief

Posted on: 04/06/2014 - 22:00

Treatment with opioid receptor-antagonist naloxegol significantly improved opioid-associated constipation, compared with placebo, without affecting pain scores or daily opioid requirements, according...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Naloxegol cut opioid-associated constipation without impairing pain relief

Posted on: 04/06/2014 - 22:00

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Glucosamine, chondroitin combo found equal to celecoxib for severe knee OA pain

Posted on: 28/05/2014 - 22:30

PARIS – A fixed-dose combination of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate was as good as the cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitor celecoxib in relieving moderate to severe knee pain in patients with knee...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Consider facet joint OA in older patients with low back pain

Posted on: 28/05/2014 - 18:20

DESTIN, FLA. – Facet joint osteoarthritis likely accounts for much of what is classified as "nonspecific" low back pain, according to Dr. Alfred C. Gellhorn. "Amazingly – and I think...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Inflammatory ultrasound changes track with hand OA progression

Posted on: 16/05/2014 - 21:20

PARIS – Inflammatory ultrasound features in hand osteoarthritis may point clinicians toward patients at higher risk for radiographic progression, a longitudinal study suggests. "We found...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

PCPs all over the map in conservative OA therapy use

Posted on: 12/05/2014 - 19:15

PARIS – Use of conservative, nonpharmacologic osteoarthritis therapies was relatively low and varied considerably across 10 primary care clinics within the same U.S. health care system. In seven of...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

PCPs all over the map in conservative OA therapy use

Posted on: 12/05/2014 - 19:15

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Sprifermin injections showed some benefits for cartilage loss in knee osteoarthritis

Posted on: 17/04/2014 - 19:09

In patients with knee osteoarthritis, intra-articular injections of 100 micrograms sprifermin led to significant benefits in measures of lateral femorotibial cartilage loss and joint space narrowing...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Glucosamine no better than placebo for knee osteoarthritis

Posted on: 12/03/2014 - 14:05

Glucosamine supplements were no better than placebo at improving cartilage damage in patients with knee osteoarthritis in a randomized trial that was described by study investigators as the first...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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