July 25, 2011
MONDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) — Children and teens with abnormal development of the long bone between the pelvis and knee from playing high-intensity sports, such as soccer and basketball, are at greater risk for osteoarthritis of the hip, according to a new study.
Swiss researchers explained that deformities of the top of that bone — known as the femur — leads to reduced rotation and pain during movement among young competitive athletes. This may explain why athletes are more likely to develop osteoarthritis than more sedentary individuals, according to Dr. Klaus Siebenrock, from the University of Bern in Switzerland.
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July 8, 2011
FRIDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) — It is well-known that smoking is unhealthy, yet men who smoke are less likely than nonsmokers to require total hip or knee replacement, according to a new study.
The researchers also found that being overweight or doing vigorous physical activity increased the likelihood of joint replacement.
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July 1, 2011
FRIDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) — U.S. military personnel are at significantly increased risk of developing osteoarthritis compared to civilians, a new study has found.
The physical demands of military service may play a role in the increased prevalence of the painful joint disease, the researchers suggested in the report, published online June 29 in Arthritis & Rheumatism.
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June 4, 2011
SATURDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) — The risk of fractures after weight-loss surgery may be even higher than previously thought, a new study suggests.
Prior research has shown that people who undergo surgery to lose weight, such as gastric bypass, have an increased risk for bone fractures. One study, for example, showed a 1.8-fold increased risk of fracture compared to the general population.
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April 28, 2011
THURSDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) — A new study helps confirm what many Americans with arthritis may already know: the illness can greatly diminish quality of life.
Researchers analyzed data from 1 million adults who took part in the national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey in 2003, 2005 and 2007. Poor or fair health was reported by 27 percent of respondents with arthritis compared to 12 percent of those without arthritis.
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February 17, 2011
THURSDAY, Feb. 17 (HealthDay News) — Arthritis affected about 3.1 million Hispanics in the United States between 2002 and 2009, and there were wide variations in arthritis rates among Hispanic subgroups, according to a new federal study.
The age-adjusted prevalence of arthritis ranged from a low of 11.7 percent among Cuban Americans to a high of 21.8 percent among Puerto Ricans, according to the analysis of National Health Interview Survey data from 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2009.
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November 22, 2010
MONDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) — The pain of knee osteoarthritis is more severe in people who also have foot, elbow and lower back pain, a new study has found.
In the study, researchers asked almost 1,400 knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients, aged 45 to 79, about pain in the lower back, neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, ankle or foot.
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October 7, 2010
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By Ray Hainer
THURSDAY, October 7 (Health.com) — More than 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. have arthritis or other joint-damaging conditions, and the ongoing obesity epidemic may be partly to blame, according to a report issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read More
September 29, 2010
By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — A new painkilling drug called tanezumab appears effective in relieving knee pain from osteoarthritis, researchers are reporting.
But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has halted a phase 3 trial of the drug after 16 patients developed worsened arthritis and underwent joint replacements.
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August 18, 2010
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) — People whose knees face outward may be at increased risk for osteoarthritis, new findings suggest.
This outward-facing knee alignment — in which the knees are relatively far apart and the ankles closer together — is called the varus alignment. While it resembles bowleggedness, it’s not as extreme, the study authors pointed out in a news release from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
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