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Medical News Today The Risk Of Malignancy In Children May Be Increased By TNF Blockers  - Sat, 31 Jul 2010 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received reports of malignancies in children using tumor necr...... Rheumatoid Arthritis Severity Reduced By Alcohol  - Wed, 28 Jul 2010 Drinking alcohol may reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis according to new research justg pub...... Adherence To Recommended Exercise Improves Physical Function, Reduces Pain For OA Patients  - Wed, 28 Jul 2010 Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee or hip who adhere to the recommended home physical the...... Horizon Pharma, Inc. Announces Results Of Phase 3 Study Of LODOTRA® Demonstrate 12-Month Sustained Efficacy And Safety In Rheumatoid Arthritis  - Tue, 27 Jul 2010 Horizon Pharma, Inc......... Unigene Reports Continuation Of Phase III Study Of Oral Calcitonin In Osteoarthritis Patients  - Tue, 27 Jul 2010 Unigene Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB: UGNE) announced that Novartis and its license partner Nordic Bios...... Diagnostic "Guidelines" A Barrier To Prompt Relief For Some Back Pain  - Sat, 24 Jul 2010 Slavishly following long-held guidelines for diagnosing the cause of arthritis-related back pain is ...... Winston Laboratories, Inc. Receives Notice Of Compliance In Canada For CIVANEX™ (Civamide Cream) For Treatment Of Osteoarthritis  - Thu, 22 Jul 2010 Winston Laboratories, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Winston Pharmaceuticals, Inc......... PsoriasisDX Genetic Test For Psoriatic Arthritis Now Available In Europe As A CE Marked In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device  - Thu, 22 Jul 2010 Molecular dermatology research and development innovator DermaGenoma, Inc. today announced that the ...... Need For Protection Against Ticks That Carry Lyme Disease  - Thu, 22 Jul 2010 Research on the population of black-legged ticks, which can transmit Lyme disease from host animals ...... Protecting Knees Now Might Prevent Pain Later  - Tue, 20 Jul 2010 Taking a few small steps toward protecting your knees when you are younger might help you avoid debi...... Shoulder Arthritis? What Patients Need To Know Before Treatment  - Sun, 18 Jul 2010 The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has approved and released an evidence-based clin...... First Complete Surgical System Specifically Designed To Treat Progressive Osteoarthritis Of The Knee Is Launched In Europe  - Wed, 14 Jul 2010 DePuy Orthopaedics EMEA announces the introduction of Sigma® High Performance Partial Knee, the only...... New Multi-Disciplinary Approach To Osteoarthritis Research Announced In UK  - Wed, 14 Jul 2010 A new multi-disciplinary approach to osteoarthritis research in the UK was announced earlier this mo...... Addex Drug Candidate Effective In Osteoarthritis Pain Model  - Tue, 13 Jul 2010 Allosteric modulation company Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (SWISS: ADXN) announced that its preclinic...... Pioneering Trial To Treat Knee Arthritis With Stem Cells To Begin In UK  - Tue, 13 Jul 2010 A pioneering trial to treat knee arthritis by using patients' own stem cells to regrow worn out cart...... Body Aches Novel Treatment For Pain In Sickle Cell Disease  - Sat, 24 Jul 2010 A University of Minnesota Medical School research team led by Kalpna Gupta, Ph.D., has discovered th...... Majority Of Ontarians Suffering From Rheumatoid Arthritis Not Receiving Needed Speciality Care  - Wed, 07 Jul 2010 Nearly 60 per cent of Ontarians with rheumatoid arthritis - an autoimmune disease that causes chroni...... Effective Local Pain Relief Provided By Topical Treatments  - Wed, 16 Jun 2010 Gels, creams and sprays containing painkillers such as ibuprofen, diclofenac, ketoprofen, and piroxi...... Empowering Employees In Ergonomics: DOE JGI Wins 2010 Ergo Cup  - Mon, 29 Mar 2010 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) now has a matched pair of Ergo Cups...... Many Surgeons Suffer Injuries From Minimally Invasive Techniques, Survey Finds  - Wed, 03 Feb 2010 Surgeons who engage in minimally invasive, laparoscopic surgery are providing great benefits to thei...... What Is Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)? What Causes Repetitive Strain Injury?  - Tue, 19 Jan 2010 Repetitive strain injury or RSI, also known as repetitive stress injury, repetitive motion injuries,...... Efficacy Of Low-Level Laser Therapy In The Treatment Of Neck Pain  - Fri, 13 Nov 2009 An article published Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet reports that low-level laser...... Too Much Texting Could Cause Neck Pain In College Students  - Wed, 11 Nov 2009 The world record for fastest text message typing is held by a 21-year old college student from Utah,...... Supervised Exercise Therapy For Knee Pain Is Better Than Usual Care  - Wed, 21 Oct 2009 A study published today on bmj.com reports that supervised exercise therapy is more effective at red...... AGS Foundation For Health In Aging Tip Sheet About Persistent Pain In Later Life, Now Available In Spanish  - Thu, 15 Oct 2009 The AGS Foundation for Health in Aging (FHA) Tip Sheet about persistent pain -- pain or discomfort t...... Women With Breast Cancer Have Low Vitamin D Levels  - Fri, 09 Oct 2009 Women with breast cancer should be given high doses of vitamin D because a majority of them are like...... Promising Results In Reducing Neuropathic Pain With Combined Drug Treatment, Than With Either Drug Alone  - Wed, 30 Sep 2009 An article published Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet reports that combination tre...... New Beryllium Reference Material For Occupational Safety Monitoring  - Thu, 24 Sep 2009 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with priv...... Researchers To Probe Whether Lyme Disease Will Follow Spread Of Ticks Across U.S.  - Thu, 17 Sep 2009 Potentially debilitating Lyme disease doesn't afflict people everywhere that the ticks harboring it ...... Treatment For Chronic Shoulder Pain: Better Results With Exercise Than Shockwave Treatment  - Thu, 17 Sep 2009 A study just published on bmj.com reports that supervised exercises are more effective than shockwav...... Gout Nuon Therapeutics Announces Positive Topline Results From A Phase 2a Study In Hyperuricemia  - Sun, 20 Jun 2010 Nuon Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today...... Gout Drug Benefits Kidney Disease Patients  - Sat, 12 Jun 2010 A drug commonly used to treat gout may help maintain kidney disease patients' health, according to a...... BioCryst Initiates A Phase 2 Study Of BCX4208 Alone And In Combination With Allopurinol In Patients With Gout  - Thu, 03 Jun 2010 BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCRX) announced it is initiating a Phase 2 study of BCX4208 ...... EnzymeRx Announces Strong Phase 1 Results For Pegsitacase  - Sun, 02 May 2010 April 29, 2010. EnzymeRx, LLC, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, announced top line results fr...... Nuon Therapeutics Identifies Novel Use And Advances NU1618 Into Development For Chronic Hyperuricemia In Patients With Gout  - Thu, 22 Apr 2010 Nuon Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, announced that ...... COLCRYS(R) (Colchicine, USP) Shows Superior Safety With Comparable Efficacy Compared To High-Dose Colchicine In Treatment Of Early Acute Gout Flares  - Thu, 01 Apr 2010 A newly-published clinical study demonstrates that Colcrys® (colchicine, USP), a low-dose oral colch...... Savient Announces KRYSTEXXA(TM) Resubmitted BLA Accepted For Review By The FDA  - Wed, 31 Mar 2010 Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVNT) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (F...... Gout Risk Factors For Women: Obesity, Hypertension, Alcohol And Diuretic Use  - Tue, 30 Mar 2010 Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine found that women with serum uric acid levels o...... Molecular Prosthesis Against Gout  - Tue, 30 Mar 2010 Researchers from the ETH Zurich's Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE) have dev...... Dual-Energy CT Accurately Diagnoses Gout In Acute, Emergency Settings  - Mon, 22 Mar 2010 A medical imaging technique called dual-energy computed tomography (CT) is an effective and reliable...... Launch By Menarini And Ipsen Of ADENURIC(R) (febuxostat) In France For The Treatment Of Chronic Hyperuricemia In Gout  - Sun, 07 Mar 2010 Ipsen (Paris:IPN) (Euronext: FR0010259150; IPN), a global biotechnology specialty care group and Men...... Women With Gout At Greater Risk Of Heart Attack Than Men  - Wed, 10 Feb 2010 Women with gout are at greater risk of a heart attack than men with the disease, indicates research ...... Ardea Biosciences Reports Positive Results For RDEA594, Its Lead Product Candidate For Gout, In Combination With Allopurinol Or Febuxostat  - Fri, 08 Jan 2010 Ardea Biosciences, Inc......... Low-Dose Colchicine (Colcrys) Is Rapid, Effective Treatment For Acute Gout Flares  - Mon, 26 Oct 2009 PHILADELPHIA - New data show that low-dose colchicine (ColcrysTM) rapidly controls acute gout flares...... Ardea Biosciences Announces Additional Positive Results From A Phase 2a Study Of RDEA594 At The 2009 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting  - Wed, 21 Oct 2009 Ardea Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RDEA) announced additional positive results from the completed firs...... Arthritis More Evidence Links Fractures to Diabetes Drugs  - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 Title: More Evidence Links Fractures to Diabetes DrugsCategory: Health News...... Study: Calcium May Increase Heart Attack Risk  - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 Title: Study: Calcium May Increase Heart Attack RiskCategory: Health News...... Knee, Hip Replacements May Aid Weight Loss: Study  - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 Title: Knee, Hip Replacements May Aid Weight Loss: StudyCategory: Health News...... cyclobenzaprine, Flexeril, Amrix  - Wed, 28 Jul 2010 Title: cyclobenzaprine, Flexeril, AmrixCategory: Medications...... Could Drinking Help Thwart Rheumatoid Arthritis?  - Wed, 28 Jul 2010 Title: Could Drinking Help Thwart Rheumatoid Arthritis?Category: Health News...... Pleurisy (Pleuritis)  - Tue, 27 Jul 2010 Title: Pleurisy (Pleuritis)Category: Diseases and Conditions...... Study Explores Links Between Obesity and Chronic Pain  - Tue, 27 Jul 2010 Title: Study Explores Links Between Obesity and Chronic PainCategory: Health News...... New Pain Drug May Be Alternative to Oxycodone  - Mon, 26 Jul 2010 Title: New Pain Drug May Be Alternative to OxycodoneCategory: Health News...... Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the Brain  - Mon, 26 Jul 2010 Title: Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the BrainCategory: Health News...... Docs May Be Slow to Diagnose Arthritis of Back, Study Suggests  - Mon, 26 Jul 2010 Title: Docs May Be Slow to Diagnose Arthritis of Back, Study SuggestsCategory: Health News...... Travel Medicine: Healthcare When Traveling Abroad  - Fri, 23 Jul 2010 Title: Travel Medicine: Healthcare When Traveling AbroadCategory: Doctor's Views...... Insurance Woes Can Add to Burden of Psoriasis  - Fri, 23 Jul 2010 Title: Insurance Woes Can Add to Burden of PsoriasisCategory: Health News...... MedPage Today Small Cancer Risk Seen in Children on TNF Blockers (CME/CE)  - Sat, 31 Jul 2010 (MedPage Today) -- The use of tumor necrosis blockers in children may increase the risk of malignanc...... Steroid Shots Soothe Some Sciatica (CME/CE)  - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 (MedPage Today) -- Injection of steroids into the affected spinal nerve appears to ease lumbar radic...... Less Pain, More Gain in OA With Regular Exercise (CME/CE)  - Thu, 29 Jul 2010 (MedPage Today) -- Patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA) who stick to a recommended exercise...... Stem Cell Transplant Benefits Severe Lupus (CME/CE)  - Thu, 29 Jul 2010 (MedPage Today) -- Allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell transplantation resulted in improvements in dise...... Alcohol Use Lowers RA Risk (CME/CE)  - Wed, 28 Jul 2010 (MedPage Today) -- Alcohol consumption was associated with a significant and dose-related reduction ...... FDA Panel Wants Tougher Restrictions on Opioids  - Fri, 23 Jul 2010 ADELPHI, Md. (MedPage Today) -- An FDA advisory committee voted 25-10 to reject the agency's propose...... Inflammatory Arthritis Patients Lacking in Preventive Care (CME/CE)  - Fri, 23 Jul 2010 (MedPage Today) -- Older patients with inflammatory arthritis are not receiving the full range of ag...... Joint Replacement Registry Improves Quality of Care (CME/CE)  - Thu, 22 Jul 2010 (MedPage Today) -- A total joint replacement registry begun in California in 2001 has enhanced patie...... Panel to Vote on FDA Proposal on Painkiller Abuse  - Wed, 21 Jul 2010 WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- An FDA advisory panel will meet this week to vote on whether to adopt ...... Obesity in Young Adults May Predict Later PsA (CME/CE)  - Tue, 20 Jul 2010 (MedPage Today) -- Obesity in early adulthood is an independent risk factor for the development of p...... Varicella Vaccine Safe for Rheumatic Patients (CME/CE)  - Mon, 19 Jul 2010 (MedPage Today) -- Varicella vaccine appears to be safe and relatively immunogenic for use in childr...... New Guidance for Methotrexate in RA (CME/CE)  - Sun, 18 Jul 2010 (MedPage Today) -- New Canadian recommendations on the use of methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis f...... Adalimumab Works in Refractory Psoriatic Arthritis (CME/CE)  - Sat, 17 Jul 2010 (MedPage Today) -- Treatment with adalimumab was effective for both joint and skin manifestations of...... Polyarthritis, ESR Predict Psoriatic Arthritis Outcome (CME/CE)  - Fri, 16 Jul 2010 (MedPage Today) -- Certain clinical features such as polyarthritis and elevated erythrocyte sediment...... Team Monitoring Cuts Cancer Patient Pain, Depression (CME/CE)  - Thu, 15 Jul 2010 (MedPage Today) -- For cancer patients, regular telemonitoring with a nurse-physician team, along wi......