Month: January 2012

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Main Category: Arthritis / Rheumatology
Also Included In: Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy;  Bones / Orthopedics
Article Date: 17 Jan 2012 – 12:00 PST

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A new study published online on 17 January in the journal Arthritis Rheumatism reports that rates of knee
replacement surgery in Finland’s 30 to 59-year-olds soared between 1980 and 2006, with women being the more common
recipients throughout. Lead author Dr. Jarkko Leskinen, an orthopedic surgeon at Helsinki University Central Hospital, and
colleagues also report that the greatest increase was among those aged between 50 and 59.

Main Category: Arthritis / Rheumatology
Also Included In: Bones / Orthopedics
Article Date: 17 Jan 2012 – 0:00 PST

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Telomeres, the very ends of chromosomes, become shorter as we age. When a cell divides it first duplicates its DNA and, because the DNA replication machinery fails to get all the way to the end, with each successive cell division a little bit more is missed. New research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Arthritis Research Therapy shows that cells from osteoarthritic knees have abnormally shortened telomeres and that the percentage of cells with ultra short telomeres increases the closer to the damaged region within the joint.

Main Category: Immune System / Vaccines
Also Included In: Arthritis / Rheumatology;  Diabetes;  Lupus
Article Date: 17 Jan 2012 – 0:00 PST

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More than 32 million people in the United States have autoantibodies, which are proteins made by the immune system that target the body’s tissues and define a condition known as autoimmunity, a study shows. The first nationally representative sample looking at the prevalence of the most common type of autoantibody, known as antinuclear antibodies (ANA), found that the frequency of ANA is highest among women, older individuals, and African-Americans. The study was conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health. Researchers in Gainesville at the University of Florida also participated.

Main Category: Arthritis / Rheumatology
Also Included In: Women’s Health / Gynecology
Article Date: 17 Jan 2012 – 1:00 PST

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Researchers in Finland found that annual cumulative incidences of partial and total knee arthroplasty, commonly known as knee replacement surgery, rose rapidly over a 27-year period among 30 to 59 year-olds in that country, with the greatest increase occurring in patients aged 50 to 59 years. According to the study published in Arthritis Rheumatism, a peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), incidences were higher in women throughout the study period.

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Academic Journal
Main Category: Arthritis / Rheumatology
Also Included In: Bones / Orthopedics;  Pain / Anesthetics
Article Date: 16 Jan 2012 – 10:00 PST

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A comprehensive review of herbal medicine products in the latest issue of the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) shows that there is little conclusive evidence to justify the widespread use of herbal medicines to relieve the symptoms of the painful joint condition osteoarthritis.

Main Category: Blood / Hematology
Also Included In: Arthritis / Rheumatology;  Pediatrics / Children’s Health;  Preventive Medicine
Article Date: 11 Jan 2012 – 1:00 PST

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A Rush University Medical Center led international research team has announced that a treatment to prevent bleeding episodes in children with hemophilia A also is effective for adolescents and adults.