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FDA Approves Orencia(R) (abatacept) For Moderate-To-Severe Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) In Patients Over Six

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY)today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ORENCIA® (abatacept) for reducing signs and symptoms in pediatric patients six years and older with moderately to severely active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). O ...

read more Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY)today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ORENCIA® (abatacept) for reducing signs and symptoms in pediatric patients six years and older with moderately to severely active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). O read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Man Hypnotizes Himself And Has Bone-cutting Thumb Operation Without Anesthetic

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Doctors were amazed when Alex Lenkei, a professional hypnotist, underwent a thumb operation which required sawing and chiseling of a bone without any anesthetic - and he said he did not feel a thing during the 80-minute operation at Worthing and Southlands Hospital, West Sussex, England. Lenkei need ...

read more Doctors were amazed when Alex Lenkei, a professional hypnotist, underwent a thumb operation which required sawing and chiseling of a bone without any anesthetic - and he said he did not feel a thing during the 80-minute operation at Worthing and Southlands Hospital, West Sussex, England. Lenkei need read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Mesoblast Limited Announce Long-Lasting And Sustained Effect By Allogeneic Cells In Knee Osteoarthritis Preclinical Trials

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Australia's adult stem cell company, Mesoblast Limited (ASX: MSB; USOTC: MBLTY), announced successful long-term results in its osteoarthritis preclinical trials. A single injection of its proprietary allogeneic, or "off-the-shelf", adult stem cells into arthritic knees provided sustained protection ...

read more Australia's adult stem cell company, Mesoblast Limited (ASX: MSB; USOTC: MBLTY), announced successful long-term results in its osteoarthritis preclinical trials. A single injection of its proprietary allogeneic, or read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Merck Responds To Journal Of The American Medical Association Articles

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Merck & Co., Inc. today said it is committed tohigh standards of scientific integrity and ethics, and believes that many of the comments in aJournal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) news release and in the April 16 issue ofJAMA1 related to VIOXX are false, misleading or lack context. The C ...

read more Merck & Co., Inc. today said it is committed tohigh standards of scientific integrity and ethics, and believes that many of the comments in aJournal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) news release and in the April 16 issue ofJAMA1 related to VIOXX are false, misleading or lack context. The C read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Comparison Of Latest Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs

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Findings published in the open access journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders shows that the latest class of drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are better than standard anti-inflammatories.RA is a chronic, debilitating, inflammatory disease of the joints, which is usually treated with anti- ...

read more Findings published in the open access journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders shows that the latest class of drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are better than standard anti-inflammatories.RA is a chronic, debilitating, inflammatory disease of the joints, which is usually treated with anti- read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Actemra Approved In Japan To Treat Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Roche announced that their alliance partner company Chugai has received approval in Japan for the use of its innovative treatment, Actemra (tocilizumab), in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ...

read more Roche announced that their alliance partner company Chugai has received approval in Japan for the use of its innovative treatment, Actemra (tocilizumab), in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

In Vioxx Studies, Merck Used Ghostwriters And Guest Authors

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In medical articles and court documents about rofecoxib, it has becomeapparent that company employees or another unacknowledged authors wereoften involved in writing the clinical trial and review articles, whileprimary authorship was awarded to academically affiliated investigatorswho may have been ...

read more In medical articles and court documents about rofecoxib, it has becomeapparent that company employees or another unacknowledged authors wereoften involved in writing the clinical trial and review articles, whileprimary authorship was awarded to academically affiliated investigatorswho may have been read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Display An Anti-Inflammatory Response To The Vegan Diet

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who eat a gluten-free vegan diet could be better protected against heart attacks and stroke. ...

read more Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who eat a gluten-free vegan diet could be better protected against heart attacks and stroke. read more Tue Mar 2008 Tue Mar 2008

Scientists Shine New Light On Inflammatory Diseases

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Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery have identified a new mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. The mechanism may also shed some light on why gene therapy experiments that use adenoviruses to deliver genes to humans have run into prob ...

read more Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery have identified a new mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. The mechanism may also shed some light on why gene therapy experiments that use adenoviruses to deliver genes to humans have run into prob read more Mon Mar 2008 Mon Mar 2008

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment In A Phase 2 Study Of MM-093 In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that enrollment has been completed in a Phase 2 trial of 100 patients that evaluates the safety and efficacy of its lead product, MM-093, in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). MM-093 is a recombinant version of human alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). ...

read more Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that enrollment has been completed in a Phase 2 trial of 100 patients that evaluates the safety and efficacy of its lead product, MM-093, in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). MM-093 is a recombinant version of human alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). read more Mon Mar 2008 Mon Mar 2008

Study Of Tough Hydrogel For Synthetic Cartilage Replacement

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Some 46 million people suffer from arthritis in the United States alone. The worst cases require painful surgeries to drill holes in and reinforce joints. Now researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are studying an unusually pliant yet strong synthetic cartil ...

read more Some 46 million people suffer from arthritis in the United States alone. The worst cases require painful surgeries to drill holes in and reinforce joints. Now researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are studying an unusually pliant yet strong synthetic cartil read more Thu Mar 2008 Thu Mar 2008

Macrophage Study Finds Cells Policed To Tell Friend From Foe

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University of Pennsylvania scientists studying macrophages, the biological cells that spring from white blood cells to eat and destroy foreign or dying cells, have discovered how these "policemen" differentiate between friend and foe.The paper appears as the cover article in the March 10 edition of ...

read more University of Pennsylvania scientists studying macrophages, the biological cells that spring from white blood cells to eat and destroy foreign or dying cells, have discovered how these read more Thu Mar 2008 Thu Mar 2008

Care Of People With Osteoarthritis May Be Subject To Gender Bias, Study Finds

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Unconscious prejudices among doctors may explain why women complaining of knee pain are less likely than men to be recommended for total knee replacement surgery, a study in today's issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests.Toronto researchers used two standardized or "mystery" pati ...

read more Unconscious prejudices among doctors may explain why women complaining of knee pain are less likely than men to be recommended for total knee replacement surgery, a study in today's issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests.Toronto researchers used two standardized or read more Wed Mar 2008 Wed Mar 2008

New Study Finds MRI Unnecessary For Diagnosing Osteoarthritis Of The Knee

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Osteoarthritis (OA) is known as the "wear and tear" arthritis, effecting millions of people. Patients seeking relief from this disease are often sent for a magnetic resonance image (MRI) to diagnose their problem. A new study revealed today at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ortho ...

read more Osteoarthritis (OA) is known as the read more Wed Mar 2008 Wed Mar 2008

Northwestern Memorial Study Tests Cancer Drug On Scleroderma Patients

Categorie : Arthritis
Physicians at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are studying the effects of an anti-cancer drug to treat patients with scleroderma, a rare, incurable autoimmune rheumatic disease that leads to hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues. Scleroderma affects an estimated 300,000 people ...

read more Physicians at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are studying the effects of an anti-cancer drug to treat patients with scleroderma, a rare, incurable autoimmune rheumatic disease that leads to hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues. Scleroderma affects an estimated 300,000 people read more Mon Mar 2008 Mon Mar 2008

Risk Of Heart Attacks And Strokes Reduced By Arthritis Medications

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Patients prescribed drugs to treat rheumatoid arthritis could be at a reduced risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to a study published in the open access journal Arthritis Research & Therapy. ...

read more Patients prescribed drugs to treat rheumatoid arthritis could be at a reduced risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to a study published in the open access journal Arthritis Research & Therapy. read more Thu Mar 2008 Thu Mar 2008

Endo Licenses U.S. Rights For Voltaren(R) Gel -- The First FDA-Approved Topical Treatment For Relief Of Osteoarthritis Pain

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Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ENDP) and a market leader in pain management, announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Novartis to obtain the exclusive U.S. marketing rights for the prescription medicine Voltare ...

read more Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ENDP) and a market leader in pain management, announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Novartis to obtain the exclusive U.S. marketing rights for the prescription medicine Voltare read more Thu Mar 2008 Thu Mar 2008

Does Your Kid Just Have Growing Pains - Or Arthritis?

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It might not surprise you to know that arthritis is the most debilitating disease in this country, affecting some 46 million adults.* You probably don't know that arthritis also affects children - sending nearly a million of them to the doctor's office for treatment each year.** Here's how you c ...

read more It might not surprise you to know that arthritis is the most debilitating disease in this country, affecting some 46 million adults.* You probably don't know that arthritis also affects children - sending nearly a million of them to the doctor's office for treatment each year.** Here's how you c read more Tue Mar 2008 Tue Mar 2008

Some Patients May Be Spared An Unnecessary Procedure By New Test For Joint Infection

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A potential diagnostic test that could help surgeons confirm or rule out the presence of infection-causing bacteria in prosthetic joints that require surgical revision has been developed by researchers at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a part of th ...

read more A potential diagnostic test that could help surgeons confirm or rule out the presence of infection-causing bacteria in prosthetic joints that require surgical revision has been developed by researchers at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a part of th read more Tue Mar 2008 Tue Mar 2008

Rheumatoid Arthritis And Misdiagnoses

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In an article recommended by Annelies Boonen of Faculty of 1000 Medicine, researchers look at the way rheumatoid arthritis is diagnosed by analysing the administrative databases used by physicians in Quebec.The authors of the paper, published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, report that general practition ...

read more In an article recommended by Annelies Boonen of Faculty of 1000 Medicine, researchers look at the way rheumatoid arthritis is diagnosed by analysing the administrative databases used by physicians in Quebec.The authors of the paper, published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, report that general practition read more Tue Mar 2008 Tue Mar 2008

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