Regular Updates on the Many Forms of Arthritis
Chinese ants have been used for centuries in China as an ingredient in food or drinks as a treatment for many health conditions including hepatitis and arthritis. Researchers have now isolated 2 chemical compounds from medicinal Chinese ants that have shown promising results in other studies for treating rheumatoid arthritis.
Gout results from elevated levels of uric acid in the blood. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and Savient Pharmaceuticals have recently conducted a phase II trial of a drug called pegloticase which shows great promise in reducing the level of uric acid in the blood to targets levels within a few hours.
The FDA ordered that the class of drugs known as TNF blockers carry a warning on the packaging that their use carries the risk of developing a potentially deadly fungal disease called histoplasmosis.
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.
I wrote last November about a clinical study on the effects of Pycnogenol®, an extract from the bark of the Maritime Pine Tree which grows on the southern coast of France. That study concluded that the participants, who had been diagnosed with osteoarthritis, that received the supplement experienced pain and physical function improvements after 60 [...]
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