News tagged with arthritis medication
Pot docs face new rules in Colorado
(AP) -- Colorado's dispute over which doctors can recommend medical marijuana could become more confusing this week when state health authorities consider tighter limits at the same time lawmakers debate ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Patients with COPD have higher risk of shingles
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at greater risk of shingles compared with the general population, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The risk is g ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 22, 2011 |
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CO woman waits to see if pill mix up harmed embryo
(AP) -- Doctors say the early stages of pregnancy are an especially bad time for a pharmacological mix-up where a woman prescribed antibiotics instead is given a powerful drug used in chemotherapy.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Many rheumatoid arthritis patients not getting recommended drugs, researcher finds
Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a crippling disease that causes pain, swelling and eats away at the joints, aren't receiving the much-needed, low-cost medications that can prevent deformity.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Scientists find link between arthritis pain reliever and cardiovascular events
A research team from the University of California, Davis and Peking University, China, has discovered a novel mechanism as to why the long-term, high-dosage use of the well-known arthritis pain medication, Vioxx, led to heart ...
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Sep 13, 2010 |
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There's Hope for Debilitating Knee Pain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Complaints about knee pain can be all too familiar when you suffer from osteoarthritis of the knee. The condition often keeps sufferers from participating in many activities—sometimes even ...
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Jan 14, 2010 |
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Osteoarthritis increases aggregate health care expenditures by $186 billion annually
Osteoarthritis (OA), a highly prevalent disease, raised aggregate annual medical care expenditures in the U.S. by $185.5 billion according to researchers from Stony Brook University. Insurers footed $149.4 billion of the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Ooo, my knee!
(PhysOrg.com) -- Once we reach the age of 55 there's a 25 per cent chance that we will be suffering from bad knees. Of that 25 per cent, half will experience some sort of associated disability, such as difficulty carrying ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 18, 2009 |
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New approach promises greater success for predicting drug safety
Adverse reactions to drugs represent one of the leading causes of death in the United States. But there may be a way to predict who is most likely to suffer a toxic side effect to a drug before they have even taken it.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 04, 2009 |
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Number of Americans with disability growing; arthritis cited as most common cause
Nearly 48 million Americans have a disability, an increase of three million from 1999, and arthritis tops the list of most common causes of disability, according to an article published today in the Centers for Disease Control ...
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Type of rheumatoid arthritis medication may be associated with increased risk for shingles
Use of certain medications known as monoclonal anti- tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) antibodies for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis appears to be associated with an increased risk for herpes zoster (shingles), ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Anakinra for rheumatoid arthritis: A modest benefit with some risk
New research supports a modest beneficial effect of anakinra for rheumatoid arthritis patients, but warns against potential risks for serious infections and its use with other biologic medications.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 21, 2009 |
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