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Arthritis

Definition of Arthritis

Arthritis is the inflammation of a joint, usually accompanied by pain, swelling, and stiffness, and resulting from infection, trauma, degenerative changes, metabolic disturbances, or other causes. It occurs in various forms, such as bacterial arthritis, osteoarthritis, or rheumatoid arthritis.

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Health Tip: Prevent Sports Injuries (HealthDay News) -- Sports are a great way for children to get exercise, acquire social skills, and learn discipline. But playing sports also means an increased risk of injury. The U.S. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases recommends these precautions to reduce your child's risk of a sports-related injury: Get your child involved in sports that are managed through schools or well-established organizations that have a commitment to safety. All coaches should have first-aid training. Always give your child the appropriate protective gear for the sport being played. Have your child warm up and cool down before and after playing. Prevent dehydration by making sure the child is supplied with water or sports drinks. Make sure your child knows and understands all rules associated with the sport. Read the Article
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Arthritis Pain Processed in Emotion-Linked Brain Area Arthritis pain is processed in areas of the brain that also control emotions and fear, a U.K. study finds. The study, published in the April issue of the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism, may offer a new target for treating arthritis pain. The analysis included 12 people with knee osteoarthritis. Using brain imaging scans, researchers at the University of Manchester Rheumatic Diseases Centre monitored the patients' brain activity as they experienced osteoarthritis pain, pain caused by heat application, and no pain. Both the osteoarthritis and heat-induced pain activated a network of brain structures known as the pain matrix, which contains two parallel systems. The medial pain system processes the emotional aspects of pain, including fear and stress. The lateral system processes the pain's physical location, intensity and duration. While both osteoarthritis and heat-induced (experimental) pain activated both systems, osteoarthritis p Read the Article
Physical Activity Cuts Risk of Repetitive Strain Injury Being physically active may reduce the risk of repetitive strain injuries at work, according to a new Canadian study. Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver analyzed data from the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey. They found that the overall prevalence of repetitive strain injury (RSI) was about 10.9 percent, and that the prevalence of work-related RSI was about 4.7 percent. Upper body injuries (most commonly wrist/hand, shoulder and elbow) accounted for 63 percent of RSI in full-time workers. Physical work demands, work-related stress, obesity, and smoking were among the risk factors associated with upper-body work-related RSI, the study said. Women and people ages 30-49 were also at higher risk. Being physically active appeared to help reduce the risk of work-related RSI. "This finding provides evidence for a hypothesis that an active lifestyle outside of work may protect against work-related RSI, adding ano Read the Article
Protein May Be Key to Rheumatoid Arthritis In the quest for the causes of and potential treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, Japanese researchers have identified a protein that could be a target for future therapy. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and disabling autoimmune disease that first attacks the fluid that surrounds the joints, causing it to thicken and grow abnormally, damaging the joints and surrounding cartilage rather than protecting them. More than 2 million Americans suffer from the illness, according to the Arthritis Foundation. By identifying a protein that appears to be one of the culprits in the unhealthy buildup of this fluid, which is called synovial fluid, Dr. Yasushi Miura and his colleagues at Kobe University School of Medicine hope that a new, targeted medication can be developed to treat the disease. "The protein Decoy receptor 3 (DcR3) is one of the pathological factors of RA and can be a new therapeutic target for treatment," said Miura, an associa Read the Article
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Ibuprofen May Boost Aspirin Users' Heart Risk Ibuprofen, the popular over-the-counter painkiller found in Advil and Motrin, may increase the odds of heart problems in patients who have osteoarthritis and are taking daily aspirin to help lower their cardiovascular risk, a new study finds. The authors of the study, published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, speculated that ibuprofen may cancel out the cardio-protective effects of daily low-dose aspirin. Use of ibuprofen and aspirin boosted arthritis patients' one-year heart attack and stroke risk ninefold compared to patients who were taking a cox-2 inhibitor pain reliever, the study found. "This adds more data to the fact that perhaps ibuprofen inhibits aspirin in a clinically significant way," said Dr. E. Scott Monrad, director of interventional cardiology at Montefiore Weiler Division in New York City. "The most reassuring thing is that the event rate seen in the study, even in the high-risk arm, is still pretty low," added Read the Article
Added Pounds Mean Added Risk for Asthma Overweight and obese individuals are 50 percent more likely to develop asthma than normal-weight men and women, new research suggests. Public health efforts to control asthma should therefore emphasize the importance of healthy weight management, the researchers argue in the April issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. "The bottom-line is that being overweight appears to significantly increase the risk of asthma," said study co-author Dr. E. Rand Sutherland, of the National Jewish Medical and Research Center (NJMRC) in Denver. "But the caveat is, that until further studies are done, it won't be clear exactly what type or severity of asthma is present in obese people." According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, asthma is an incurable but usually controllable chronic disease involving inflammation and narrowing of the airways that carry oxygen into and out of the lungs. The disease typically pro Read the Article
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug May Help Treat Type 2 Diabetes A drug designed to treat juvenile rheumatoid arthritis may also be helpful for managing type 2 diabetes, new research suggests. The study found that daily injections of anakinra led to a drop in long-term levels of glucose in the blood, while they increased in people given a placebo. "We (showed) that a 13-week treatment with anakinra improves glucose regulation and insulin production in people with type 2 diabetes," said one of the study's authors, Dr. Marc Donath, an attending physician and a professor of endocrinology and diabetes at University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland. The study is published in the April 12 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Almost 21 million Americans -- or about 7 percent of the U.S. population -- have diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of the disease, and those most at risk for developing type 2 diabetes include people who are overw Read the Article
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Clinical Trials Update: April 12, 2007 Peripheral Neuropathy Rheumatoid Arthritis Catheter Complications Read the Article
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