|
|||||||
 |
If you suffer from arthritis, there is great news for you! You do not have to quit playing golf. Actually, golf can help improve the symptoms of arthritis and add strength and mobility! Exercise has been found to be one of the best ways to treat osteoarthritis. Exercise can help your mood, act as [...] Like all aspects of the development of the human body, genetics dictate each individual’s height. Last year a team of researchers identified the initial common gene that influences height. That same team has now identified 20 additional genetic regions that can collectively influence height differences of almost 2.5 inches. According to the research team, 90% of [...] You don’t need years of research to tell you that diet affects arthritis symptoms and arthritis progression. I have reported on many of these foods here. But one family of foods that I was unaware could affect arthritis symptoms is called the nightshades. Foods in the nightshade family include tomatoes, eggplant, tobacco and [...] Researchers in Australia have found that athletic tape can be used to improve pain from patellofemoral osteoarthritis, a form of osteoarthritis found around or behind the kneecap. This was a small study, to be sure, involving only 28 people, 14 with and 14 without patellofemoral arthritis. Yet the findings may provide another therapy option for people [...] 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 and [...] |
  
|
|||||
|
Copyright © 2010 Current Arthritis News and Research - All Rights Reserved
|
|||||||
Recent Comments