Easy Arthritis

There was a huge amount of groundbreaking research and news to choose from. So I have grouped my choices into categories, rather than a standard top ten list. These are my choices, including the ones I think are the most exciting, the hottest topics, or the most thought provoking.
New drugs in development
In August, Pipex Pharmaceuticals, [...]

Tags: 2008, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Stories

Vitamin E and vitamin C are both antioxidants, which are thought to protect against damage caused by reactive O2 radicals or free radicals. Free radicals are substances that can harm cells, tissues and organs and help cause damage in inflamed tissues and joints. Fruits and vegetables are rich in both, and it has been shown [...]

Tags: Arthritis, cancer, discount, Disease, Heart, prevention, Rheumatoid, Studies, Vitamins

Mothers who breast-feed for more than a year are around 50% less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis according to a new study published this month in the journal Annals of Rheumatic Diseases.
The study, conducted by researchers at the Malmo University Hospital in Sweden, compared 136 individuals who had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis to 544 [...]

Tags: Arthritis, Breastfeeding, Have, Lower, Mothers, Risk

Sunday, October 12 was World Arthritis Day. This year’s theme, “Think Positive,” aimed to help people recognize and discuss the physical and emotional challenges associated with all forms of arthritis as well as positive things one can do to help increase self-confidence and positive feelings. The website cites tools and techniques such as arthritis [...]

Tags: 2008, Arthritis, Live, Positive, Theme, Think, Words, World

Several studies have linked rheumatoid arthritis with an increased risk of developing cardiovascular diseases such as strokes and myocardial infarctions (heart attacks).
One study, published in the journal Circulation in 2003, involved 114,342 women from the Nurses Health Study who were followed for 18 years. At the end of the study, 7,786 women (7%) reported to [...]

Tags: Arthritis, Attacks, Heart, Raises, Rheumatoid, Risk, Strokes

A study on mice, presented in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has suggested that moderate alcohol consumption may actually protect against arthritis.
Researchers at the Gothenburg University in Sweden injected mice with collagen to initiate collagen induced arthritis (CIA) in the mice. The mice were injected at the beginning of the experiment [...]

Tags: Alcohol, Arthritis, Consumption, Moderate, Prevent, Rheumatoid

It is well known that arthritis sufferers are more likely to suffer from cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes. A new study has found that switching to a vegan diet may both reduce the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes in those with the illness.
The study, [...]

Tags: Arthritis, Diet, Help, Rheumatoid, sufferers, Vegan

Gout is caused by high uric acid in the blood. In the past it was known as the Patrician’s Malady and thought to be a disease of indulgence, and until the introduction of drugs that lowered the uric acid level, patients suffered recurrent and frequent acute agonising gout and chronic gout leading to polyarthritis, tophi [...]

Tags: Arthritis, Gout, Summary, Treatment

Polyphenols found in green tea may both prevent arthritis and reduce the severity of symptoms according to a study published in the April 1999 edition of the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Researchers compared mice who were fed water containing 0.2% green tea polyphenols with mice who received pure water after the mice [...]

Tags: Arthritis, Green, Polyphenols, Prevent, Reduce, Severity

In the days before adequate treatment controlled the blood level of uric acid, chronic gout presented with multiple joint involvement and chronic poly-arthritis. Today this is rare and only found in patients who refuse medication or have poor compliance. Here the acute gout attack will become more frequent. Then other joints become involved. The crystals [...]

Tags: Arthritis, Chronic, Gout, Treatment