The results of the study showed that the lifetime risk of developing osteoarthritis of the knee was 44.7%. Several factors were ruled out as contributors to that risk, those being race, sex and level of education. Two factors that did contribute were the existence of a prior knee injury and whether or not the patient was obese or overweight. [...]
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If you suffer from severe osteoarthritis, surgery may be in store for you. Arthritis literally means joint inflammation. Most of the cases of arthritis involve the body joints but joints are not the only body parts to be affected by arthritis. In its various forms arthritis can also affect other parts of the body. [...] A new study, led by Georg Schett of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Erlangen, Germany, reports that vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) is a significant predictor of knee and hip joint replacement as a result of severe osteoarthritis (OA). VCAM-1 is a combination sugar and protein that is found on cells in cartilage [...] A recent study has shown the an extract from Indian Frankincense, which has been used in the traditional Indian system of medicine know as Ayuraveda, is effective in treating the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis. [...] Bees have obviously been around for a long time. My knowledge of bees was that they produced honey, which I like, and give stings, which I don’t. But it turns out that even the stings have beneficial properties. There is a growing number of people that practice apitherapy, the use of beehive products, which [...] A 2 year study conducted by Dutch researchers has concluded that glucosamine does not provide any improvement on pain, function or disease progression in patients with hip osteoarthritis. 222 people were involved in the study conducted by Dr. Rianne M. Rozendaal at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Half of them were [...] Osteoarthritis is a condition which affects millions around the world. There is continual research into treatments to relieve the symptoms or prevent the disease all together. A current form of treatment for osteoarthritis damaged cartilage is by harvesting cartilage cells from healthy joints and transplanting these cells into the damaged area. The main drawback [...] |
  
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