FPN || Pain

Negative moods tied to OA pain flares

Posted on: 12/05/2014 - 17:50

PARIS – Patients with knee osteoarthritis are significantly more likely to experience a flare if they report a higher negative mood in the previous 10 days. Passive coping strategies such as "I...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Men have more major complications after hip, knee replacement

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 22:05

PARIS – After total hip or knee replacement, men are at higher risk than women for heart attack, infection, and revision surgery, according to a large database analysis. The elevated risk was...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Chinese herbal remedy found noninferior to methotrexate in RA patients

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 23:30

A traditional Chinese herbal remedy used to treat joint pain, fever, edema, and local inflammation was found noninferior to methotrexate for controlling active rheumatoid arthritis in an open-label,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Colchicine: Old drug with a new trick

Posted on: 12/02/2014 - 14:40

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Colchicine, a venerable drug Hippocrates proposed as a gout remedy some 2,400 years ago, shows fresh potential as a novel treatment for osteoarthritis. "I’m going out on a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Current gout guidelines stress ‘treat to target’

Posted on: 04/02/2014 - 15:25

SNOWMASS, COLO. – The current American College of Rheumatology gout guidelines contain a number of recommendations that may come as a surprise to rheumatologists and primary care physicians alike....

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Hyaluronic acid injection for knee OA as effective as NSAIDs in short term

Posted on: 31/01/2014 - 20:15

Treatment of osteoarthritis with intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid over a 5-week period provided symptomatic relief that had noninferior efficacy and was safer than treatment with an oral...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Hyaluronic acid injection for knee OA as effective as NSAIDs in short term

Posted on: 31/01/2014 - 20:15

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

New knee osteoarthritis guidelines differ slightly from some previous recommendations

Posted on: 31/01/2014 - 18:30

New knee osteoarthritis guidelines from Osteoarthritis Research Society International, an update of the group’s 2010 guidelines, recommend weight loss, education, exercise, and much more that’s...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

New knee osteoarthritis guidelines differ slightly from some previous recommendations

Posted on: 31/01/2014 - 18:30

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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