Winter ailments and how to deal with them
Are you plagued by constant minor winter illness – not severe enough to need a sick note – but which leave you feeling under the weather?...
Tag: arthritis
CBD as a painkiller: Efficacy not clinically proven
CBD as a painkiller: Efficacy not clinically proven: Cannabidiol (CBD) is marketed by some suppliers as a painkiller, e.g. for osteoarthritis of the knee. Animal...
Avoiding surgery by healing ACL rupture
New treatment could help avoid surgery by healing ACL rupture: The new study looked at 80 people treated with the cross bracing protocol, and found...
Reducing inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis
Reducing inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis research from the Bionics Institute in Melbourne, Australia: Our researchers are developing a drug-free treatment to treat rheumatoid arthritis using...
Steroid injections effective treatment for arthritis
Steroid injections can provide an effective means of treating patients with arthritis in their hip, according to the largest study of its kind ever conducted....
Rheumatoid arthritis frailty may be reversed
Frailty may be reversible for some people with rheumatoid arthritis: Rheumatoid arthritis patients living with frailty may find their frailty is reversible following treatment, according to...
World Arthritis Day: a nurse answers your questions
On World Arthritis Day, Bupa Nurse Kerry John answers your most-Googled questions about Arthritis for the Hippocratic Post. Kerry John is a trained nurse and...
Online program for knee osteoarthritis exercise
A new online program enhanced by text messages to help people with knee osteoarthritis exercise has been found to improve knee pain, physical function and...
Arthritis drugs may help sickest Covid-19 patients
Arthritis drugs may help sickest Covid-19 patients: Treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with drugs typically used for arthritis may significantly improve survival, a landmark study...
Arthritis drug effective in treating sickest COVID-19 patients
Critically ill patients with COVID-19 treated with an arthritis drug that reduces inflammation are significantly more likely to have improved outcomes, an international study has...
