News: Arthritis

Lab Notes: Sugar Sours Memory, Fish Oil Trumps

5.18.12

Rats fed a sugary diet forgot how to run a maze they had previously mastered, but the effect was countered by omega-3 fatty acid supplements. Also this week: new hope for Fanconi anemia.

Smoking Tied to Back Pain, Arthritis

5.18.12

Two new studies have implicated smoking in the development of psoriatic arthritis and inflammatory back pain.

TNF Blockade Unable to Halt OA Joint Erosion

5.17.12

Blocking the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha failed to stop overall structural progression of hand osteoarthritis, a randomized trial found.

Studies Support IBD, Psoriasis Connection

5.15.12

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Women with psoriasis had a four-fold increase in the risk of Crohn's disease, according to data from two large cohort studies.

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