Boston : Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Institute for Aging Research have developed and validated a new assessment to predict the risk of ...
Orthopaedics
Cartilage degeneration algorithm for prediction of progression of osteoarthritis
A novel cartilage degeneration algorithm can predict the progression of osteoarthritis in individual patients, according to new research from the Univ...
Stem cell injections: New knee reliever
Stem cell injections are emerging as an efficacious option for joint pain. Accruing evidences of its application point to its immense potential of fun...
Ibuprofen Elevates Blood Pressure in Arthritis
Ibuprofen is associated with increased blood pressure and hypertension compared to celecoxib in patients with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis a...
Apollo Hospital study looks at Transient osteoporosis of the hip
Transient osteoporosis of the hip (TOH) is a poorly understood and forgotten clinical entity. The diagnosis is often delayed, and inappropriate treatm...
Donor stem cells to treat spinal cord injuries
More than one-and-a-half years after implantation, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the San Diego Veterans Adm...
Strategy for using chickenpox vaccine in arthritis patients for maximum response
New research indicates that the live varicella-zoster vaccine which is given to protect against shingles elicits robust immune responses in patients w...
Treating arthritis with algae
A team of researchers from Norway have succeeded in identifying a substance , a polysaccharide alginate extract taken out from the stems of brown ...
Osteoarthritis is more than wear and tear: Study
Knee osteoarthritis is a highly prevalent, disabling joint disease which has more than doubled in prevalence since the mid-20th century .The etiology...
Link found between cells associated with aging and osteoporosis
Mayo Clinic researchers have reported a causal link between senescent cells the cells associated with aging and age-related disease and bone loss in m...
