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Associatiion Between Regular Statin Use And A Reduced Risk Of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis There is an association between taking statins (lipid lowering drugs), and reduced risk of developing the chronic inflammatory disease, rheumatoid arthritis. These are the findings of a study by Gabriel Chodick and colleagues, published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study among the 1... Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT
Canine Hip Dysplasia May Be Underreported, According To Penn Vet Comparative Study A study comparing a University of Pennsylvania method for evaluating a dog's susceptibility to hip dysplasia to the traditional American method has shown that 80 percent of dogs judged to be normal by the traditional method are actually at risk for developing osteoarthritis and hip dysplasia, according to the Penn method... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Self Care's Rheumatoid Arthritis Health Campaign Wins Top Award The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's Self Care Program has won Australia's leading health promotion award for its rheumatoid arthritis campaign. The Australian Journal of Pharmacy Award for the Best Health Promotion of the Year was last night presented to the Self Care campaign... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT
New Insights Into Detecting Osteoarthritis Via Sodium MRI, NYU Researchers Find Researchers at New York University have developed an innovative way to look at the development of osteoarthritis in the knee joint - one that relies on the examination of sodium ions in cartilage. Their work, which appears in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance, may provide a non-invasive method to diagnose osteoarthritis in its very early stages... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
A Step Closer To Development Of Drug To Prevent Deadly Immune Response Researchers have isolated a molecule, small enough to be used as a drug, that can shut down a dysfunctional immune response that causes deadly hemorrhagic shock, results in delayed death of heart attack patients, promotes rejection of transplanted organs and destroys joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a paper published in Molecular Immunology... Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
