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April 12, 2025

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Promising Active Ingredient for Lupus Therapy

Mar. 12, 2025 — Lupus is an autoimmune disease where the body's immune system attacks its own tissues and organs, causing inflammation and damaging organs. A new study has now shown that the natural active ingredient gluconolactone restores immune regulation, ...

Engineered Cartilage from Nasal Septum Cells Helps Treat Complex Knee Injuries

Mar. 5, 2025 — Injuries to the articular cartilage in different joints, including the knee, are painful and limit mobility. Therefore, researchers are developing cartilage implants using cells from the patient's ...

Study Identifies Mechanism Underlying Increased Osteoarthritis Risk in Postmenopausal Females

Jan. 16, 2025 — Osteoarthritis disproportionally affects postmenopausal women, and a biological mechanism for why this occurs has been largely unkown, hindering development of effective treatments. That is in part ...

mRNA-Activated Blood Clots Could Cushion the Blow of Osteoarthritis

Jan. 22, 2025 — Following the lead of previous work on mRNA-based vaccines, therapies for spinal cord injuries and more, the method relies upon mineral-coated microparticles to deliver mRNA that encodes for production of a protein that supports cartilage ...

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Early Skeleton Map Reveals How Bones Form in Humans

Nov. 20, 2024 — Full view of how bones and joints form in the first trimester uncovers cells and pathways that could help diagnose and treat skeletal conditions in the ...

Neuropathic Pain Drugs Found to Increase Risk of Hip Fracture in Older Adults

Nov. 13, 2024 — A new study by medicine safety experts found the use of gabapentinoids -- medicines widely used to treat neuropathic pain -- increased the risk of ...

How New Therapies Are Revolutionizing the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Nov. 13, 2024 — The use of biologic and targeted therapies for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) surpassed more typical therapies in recent years, ...

Signals from the Gut Could Transform Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

Nov. 8, 2024 — Changes in the gut microbiome before rheumatoid arthritis is developed could provide a window of opportunity for preventative treatments, new research ...

Study Identifies Hip Implant Materials With the Lowest Risk of Needing Revision

Nov. 7, 2024 — Hip implants with a delta ceramic or oxidized zirconium head and highly crosslinked polyethylene liner or cup had the lowest risk of revision during ...

Toward Better Surgical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Knee Replacement Surgery

Nov. 5, 2024 — When performing a knee replacement surgery or total knee arthroplasty, doctors traditionally try to align the hip, knee, and ankle in a straight ...

Two Key Genes Identified Linking Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis

Nov. 5, 2024 — Researchers employed analysis tools and machine learning algorithms to identify two genes linked to rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis that could serve as diagnostic tools and potential targets ...

The Couples Who Cope Together, Stay Together

Oct. 29, 2024 — A new study has lifted the lid on how couples living with rheumatoid arthritis cope with the debilitating disease finding that those who cope with problems together had less psychological distress ...

What Standing on One Leg Can Tell You: Biological Age

Oct. 23, 2024 — How long a person can stand -- on one leg -- is a more telltale measure of aging than changes in strength or gait, according to new ...

Study Busts Myths About Cause of Gout

Oct. 15, 2024 — A major international study has found gout is a chronic illness where genetics is a major cause, rather than lifestyle choices of the ...

Eating High-Processed Foods Impacts Muscle Quality, Study Finds

Dec. 4, 2024 — A diet high in ultra-processed foods is associated with higher amounts of fat stored inside thigh muscles, regardless of the amount of calories consumed or level of physical activity, according to a ...

Hip Osteoarthritis: Head Gets in the Way of Recovery, Study Suggests

Oct. 8, 2024 — Muscle activation in people suffering from hip osteoarthritis might be a case of 'mind over matter', new research has shown. A recent study investigated muscle function in people with hip ...

Operating Room Design Linked to Length of Surgery

Sep. 18, 2024 — A new study has directly linked operating room design to the length of surgeries, with implications both for patient health and hospitals' bottom ...

Backward Hopping May Be Better Indication of Recovery from ACL Reconstruction

Sep. 16, 2024 — People may not hop backward often, but a new study shows that having people hop backward on one leg can be a better way of measuring strength and recovery in the knee, as well as other joints and ...

New Biomaterial Regrows Damaged Cartilage in Joints

Aug. 5, 2024 — Scientists have developed a new bioactive material that successfully regenerated high-quality cartilage in the knee joints of a large-animal model. New material comprises peptides, proteins and ...

Individuals With Osteoarthritis Are Commonly Prescribed NSAIDs Despite Having Contraindications

July 29, 2024 — A new study has found that people with newly diagnosed OA (knee or hip) with contraindications to or precautions for NSAIDs use continue to be prescribed these drugs. Additionally they had higher use ...

Staying Hip to Orthopedic Advances: Comparing Traditional and New Hip Replacement Stems

July 24, 2024 — Surgeons compared traditional and new fully hydroxyapatite-coated hip replacement stems. They found the new stems offer larger contact areas, while traditional ones preserve bone density long-term. ...

Link Found Between Kneecap Shape and Debilitating Joint Disease

July 23, 2024 — The shape of a person's kneecap could be an indicator of whether they're more at risk of developing osteoarthritis, according to a new ...

Painful Truth About Knee Osteoarthritis: Why Inactivity May Be More Complex Than We Think

June 11, 2024 — Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common cause of pain and joint stiffness. And while physical activity is known to ease symptoms, only one in 10 people regularly ...

Blood Test Finds Knee Osteoarthritis Up to Eight Years Before It Appears on X-Rays

Apr. 26, 2024 — A blood test successfully predicted knee osteoarthritis at least eight years before tell-tale signs of the disease appeared on ...

Gene Discovery Offers New Hope for People Living With Chronic Skin Disease

Mar. 25, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a gene mutation is responsible for causing psoriasis -- a chronic inflammatory skin disease that causes patients to develop red, scaly and itchy patches across their body. ...

Clinical Trial Shows Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Could Prevent Disease

Feb. 13, 2024 — A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis could also prevent the disease in individuals deemed to be at ...

New PET Tracer Detects Inflammatory Arthritis Before Symptoms Appear

Feb. 8, 2024 — A novel PET imaging technique can noninvasively detect active inflammation in the body before clinical symptoms arise, according to new research. Using a PET tracer that binds to proteins present on ...

Knee Pain Explained: The Size of Your Meniscus Matters

Feb. 7, 2024 — A team of researchers has shed light on why some patients with specific joint deformities, such as discoid lateral meniscus (DLM), are symptomatic while others are not. The researchers analyzed 61 ...

Study Identifies New Findings on Implant Positioning and Stability During Robotic-Assisted Knee Revision Surgery

Jan. 17, 2024 — An innovative study explores the use of robotic-assisted joint replacement in revision knee scenarios, comparing the pre- and post-revision implant positions in a series of revision total knee ...

Epilepsy Drug Shows Promise in Slowing Joint Degeneration in Osteoarthritis

Jan. 3, 2024 — Researchers have identified a drug target that may alleviate joint degeneration associated with osteoarthritis, a debilitating condition that afflicts as many as 30 million people in the United ...

Children Who Play Baseball Risk Elbow Injury

Nov. 30, 2023 — Youth baseball players are prone to elbow pain and injuries, including repetitive overuse changes and fractures, based on the maturity of their bones, according to a new ...

Stronger Thigh Muscles May Prevent Knee Replacement Surgery

Nov. 27, 2023 — Stronger quadriceps muscles, relative to the hamstrings, may lower the risk of total knee replacement, according to new research. Researchers said the findings could inform strength-training programs ...

Anti-Rheumatic Drugs Could Prevent Thyroid Disease

Nov. 22, 2023 — Anti-rheumatic drugs used for rheumatoid arthritis might prevent the development of autoimmune thyroid disease, according to a new observational ...

1060 Million People With 'Other' Musculoskeletal Disorders by 2050

Nov. 20, 2023 — A category of musculoskeletal disorders of our joints, muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons and spine are on the rise and a new forecast is as many as 1060 million people -- up from 464 million -- will ...