Tag: Arthritis

As the calendar inches closer to winter, older adults may find themselves spending more time indoors. While walking and biking are popular forms of exercise on summer days, cold and snowy weather can put a damper on outdoor fitness activities.But we all know how important maintaining an active lifestyle is to warding off disease. Exercise can play a role in preventing health conditions that range from depression to diabetes. Staying strong can also help to lower an older adult’s risk for falls.
The key is to find senior-friendly forms of fitness that can be performed indoors on days when snow and ice make exercising outdoors less than desirable. More…….

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When Jason Lalli tore his left anterior cruciate ligament at age 26, he thought he would be fine as soon as he had his knee repaired. Within about another year, Lalli’s doctor did more work on the knee and gave him bad news: He had arthritis. Orthopaedics have believed for years that torn tendons or ligaments put patients, no matter how young, at risk for arthritis. More…….

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Arthritis is a common condition that causes pain and inflammation to joints, according to the NHS. Symptoms include joint pain, swelling and stiffness and there are approximately ten million sufferers in the UK. Treatment options for the two main types – osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis – include painkillers and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. More…….

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Higher doses may be needed, or possibly new treatment that bypasses or corrects vitamin D insensitivity, authors sayMaintaining sufficient vitamin D levels may help to prevent rheumatoid arthritis, according to researchers.A study led by the University of Birmingham compared the ability of immune cells in blood from inflamed joints in people with rheumatoid arthritis to respond to the so-called sunshine vitamin. Continue reading… More…….

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We all know that vitamin D plays an important role in boosting our mood, but did you know that it also directly affects more than 200 other genes in our bodies, too? It’s perhaps no surprise, then, that new research has linked the sunshine vitamin – known to hugely impact our bone and joint health – with a reduced risk of arthritis. It seems that a daily dose of vitamin D helps keep the crippling pain associated with this particular condition at bay – promising a better quality of life for sufferers. More…….

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Washington: A team of researchers has discovered a new marker of arthritis in mice. According to the University of California San Diego study, the marker can be used non-invasively to both identify joints with established arthritis and to predict subsequent joint swelling. The investigators noted that imaging tests with the marker, called Ratiometric thrombin-Activatable Cell Penetrating Peptide, might help clinicians monitor the development and progression of arthritis and other inflammatory diseases. More…….

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Xerogeanes suggests this may be due to a combination of factors. Connection between ACL injuries and early arthritis This trend has led to fears that young athletes are prone to developing arthritis at a younger age. When it comes to younger patients needing treatment for arthritis, Dr. More…….

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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease that affects more than 1.5 million Americans, according to the Arthritis Foundation. It’s is the most common type of autoimmune arthritis, and it occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the joints of the hands, elbows, feet, wrists, hips, knees, ankles and even the jaw. There isn’t a cure, but treatment and prescription medicine can help ease the pain and inflammation while preventing joint damage. More…….

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Submitted: 11/24/2017 – 10:47am Tags: synthetic cartilage (KUSA) Synthetic cartilage is a new option people with arthritis have to help remove pain and still have movement in their feet. “I had severe arthritis in my big toe joint and I had surgery on that toe seven years ago,” says patient Cynthia Wax. She says after surgery she was still in constant pain. More…….

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Arthritis symptoms include inflammation, red skin over joints, and joint stiffness. But, the public has been urged to take action, if their joints are popping and clicking, alongside pain. It came after a survey revealed 60 per cent of Brits do nothing about snapping joints. More…….

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