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Immunosuppression Increasing (2.23.2024)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past 2 weeks on RheumNow.com; but begins with a discussion of what constitutes "immunosuppression" and how it applies to our patients.
Read ArticleNo clear link between weather and MSK symptoms
There is a longstanding belief that changes in weather conditions, such as impending rain or temperature, can trigger or worsen muscle and joint pain but Australian researchers have found no clear pattern between the two.
Read ArticleAging Brain Increases Pain in Older Women
A new study has found that the brain system enabling us to inhibit our own pain changes with age, and that gender-based differences in those changes may lead females to be more sensitive to moderate pain than males as older adults.
Read ArticleOutcomes of Acute, Subacute and Persistent Low Back Pain
Low back pain is a major cause of disability around the globe, with more than 570 million people affected. In the United States alone, health care spending on low back pain was $134.5 billion between 1996 and 2016, and costs are increasing.
Read ArticleDiet and Osteoarthritis Pain
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) pain was worse with a pro-inflammatory diet, an observational study suggested.
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2023 EULAR Non-pharmacological Management of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis: 2023 update
EULAR has published the 2023 updated recommendations for the optimal non-pharmacological management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA).
Read ArticleSodium Channels, Carbemazepine and Osteoarthritis Progression
A study published in Nature suggests that therapies affecting sodium channels could be employed to treat osteoarthritis.
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Black, Asian, and Hispanic Military Members with OA Treated Differently
Black, Asian, and Hispanic members of the U.S. Armed Forces were far less likely than their white comrades to undergo knee replacement surgeries after being diagnosed with osteoarthritis (OA), military researchers found.
Read ArticleHeritability of Osteoarthritis
A Swedish study examine the genetic contribution to various rheumatic/musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) and showed that osteoarthritis (OA) had a large heritability compared with other RMDs.
Read ArticleNew Year's Resolutions (1.5.2024)
Dr. Jack Cush imparts his new New Year's Resolutions for 2024 and also reviews the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow.com.
Read ArticleGNSC-001 gene therapy w/ a recombinant adeno-assoc. viral vector expressing IL-1Ra, to block IL-1. GNSC-001 now in a phase Ib, 50 pt, 10 center USA trial to assess its efficacy in Knee OA. Given as single injx in the affected joint; results in late 2024 https://t.co/jW9FHlGyC2 https://t.co/Dbv15Flqlv
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