MedicineWorld.Org brings daily rheumatology news from various sources to keep you updated on the latest events in the world on this topic. Medicineworld rheumatology news service is the most comprehensive rheumatology news service on the internet. We keep an archive of previous few days of news on this site. Please go down through the list to find the older news items. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT en-us http://medicineworld.org/images/Rheumatology-news.jpg 90 90 http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2011/why-knee-osteoarthritis-afflicts-more-women.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2011/why-knee-osteoarthritis-afflicts-more-women.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT A Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon suspects that the nagging pain and inflammation that women can experience in their knees appears to be different from what men encounter, and she has been chosen to lead a novel U.S.-Canadian study to explore the question. The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) and its Interdisciplinary Studies in Sex-Differences (ISIS) Network on Musculoskeletal Health has awarded a group of scientists a $127,000 grant to lead a pilot project to understand whether biological differences between men and women affect the incidence and severity of knee osteoarthritis. Mary I. O'Connor, M.D., chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida, will be the study's principal investigator........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/5-2011/more-responsive-to-flu-vaccine.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/5-2011/more-responsive-to-flu-vaccine.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT New research shows that African Americans with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) had a higher antibody response to influenza vaccination than European American patients. Treatment with prednisone, a history of hemolytic anemia, and increased disease flares were also associated with low antibody response in SLE patients who received the flu vaccine as per the study now available in Arthritis and Rheumatism, a peer-evaluated journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/obesity-and-knee-arthritis.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/obesity-and-knee-arthritis.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT More than 14 million visits were made to physicians' offices in 2008 by patients with knee problems. Five new studies presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) look at the effect that obesity has on knee arthritis and a patient's ability to recover from knee surgery........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/key-to-understanding-cause-of-lupus.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/key-to-understanding-cause-of-lupus.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT Potentially impacting future diagnosis and therapy of lupus, an immune illness affecting more than 5 million people worldwide, scientists at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech have likely uncovered where the breakdown in the body's lymphocyte molecular regulatory machinery is occurring........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2010/tai-chi-relieves-arthritis-pain.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2010/tai-chi-relieves-arthritis-pain.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT In the largest study to date of the Arthritis Foundation's Tai Chi program, participants showed improvement in pain, fatigue, stiffness and sense of well-being. Their ability to reach while maintaining balance also improved, said Leigh Callahan, PhD, the study's main author, associate professor in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and a member of UNC's Thurston Arthritis Research Center........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2010/glucosamine-pancreatic-cells.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2010/glucosamine-pancreatic-cells.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT High doses or prolonged use of glucosamine causes the death of pancreatic cells and could increase the risk of developing diabetes, as per a team of scientists at Universit Laval's Faculty of Pharmacy. Details of this discovery were recently published on the website of the Journal of Endocrinology....... ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2010/yoga-can-counteract-fibromyalgia.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2010/yoga-can-counteract-fibromyalgia.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT PORTLAND, Ore As per new research conducted at Oregon Health and Science University, yoga exercises may have the power to combat fibromyalgia a medical disorder characterized by chronic widespread pain. The research is being reported in the November 10 online edition of the journal Pain and will appear online Thursday, Oct. 14........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2010/genetic-variation-linked-to-lupus.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2010/genetic-variation-linked-to-lupus.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT Genes reside along long chains of DNA called chromosomes. UCLA scientists have observed that a variation in a gene on the sex chromosome X may enhance an immune response that leads to lupus in men. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that predominantly affects women. Interestingly, scientists observed that eventhough the variation occurred in a gene on the X, or female, chromosome, its influence was stronger in men than in women. Humans hold two sex chromosomes men have an X and Y, while women have two Xs. Prior studies have shown that genetic variations on the X chromosome contribute to the development of lupus........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/how-patients-manage-chronic-lower-back-pain.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/how-patients-manage-chronic-lower-back-pain.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT Approximately 10% of low back pain (LBP) sufferers experience persistent pain and significant disability. As per a research findings reported in the recent issue of Pain, a group of Australian scientists investigating the relevance of health literacy in patients with chronic lower back pain (CLBP) observed that LBP-related beliefs and behaviors affect a person's disability more than pain intensity or a standard measure of functional health literacy. However, when delving deeper into aspects of health literacy, important factors were identified which might help to explain disability linked to CLBP, highlighting important factors to consider in the delivery of information for CLBP........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/lower-back-pain-and-surgery.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/lower-back-pain-and-surgery.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT A literature review, led by Dr. Joseph Lee, reported in the June 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS) suggests that a herniated disk is one of the most frequent causes of low back and leg pain in adults, but surgery is not for everyone. Between 60 and 80 percent of people will experience low back pain at some point in their lives........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/exercise-for-rheumatoid-arthritis.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/exercise-for-rheumatoid-arthritis.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT Scientists from the University of Grenoble Medical School in France determined that cardio-respiratory aerobic exercise is safe for patients with stable rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The team observed that RA patients who exercised regularly had improved function, less joint pain, and greater quality of life. Full findings of the study are now available online and will publish in the July print issue of Arthritis Care and Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/risk-of-heart-attack-in-rheumatoid-arthritis.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/risk-of-heart-attack-in-rheumatoid-arthritis.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients face a two hundred percent increased risk of suffering a Myocardial Infarction (MI, heart attack) versus the general population, which is comparable to the increased risk of MI seen in diabetes patients, as per results of a newly released study presented today at EULAR 2010, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Rome, Italy........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/vitamin-d-deficiency-and-rheumatic-conditions.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/vitamin-d-deficiency-and-rheumatic-conditions.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT Two separate studies have shown that vitamin D deficiency is common in patients with a range of rheumatic diseases, with over half of all patients having below the 'normal' healthy levels of vitamin D (48-145 nmol/L) in their bodies. A further study assessing response to vitamin D supplementation observed that taking the recommended daily dose did not normalise vitamin D levels in rheumatic disease patients. The results of these three studies were presented today at EULAR 2010, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Rome, Italy........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2010/antibiotic-for-reactive-arthritis.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2010/antibiotic-for-reactive-arthritis.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT Scientists from University of South Florida College of Medicine found a combination of antibiotics to be an effective therapy for Chlamydia-induced reactive arthritis, a major step forward in the management, and possibly cure, of this disease. Results of this study are reported in the recent issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2010/ultrasound-to-treat-chronic-pain.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2010/ultrasound-to-treat-chronic-pain.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:20:38 GMT Imagine that after long day tending to patients, a middle-aged nurse feels a burning pain in her knees so intense she can barely walk. For millions of people who suffer from arthritis or other chronic joint pain, this is a familiar story. Right now there are few day-to-day therapies available for these patients, and a number of involve strong medications that can be harmful over time........ ]]>