News tagged with degenerative joint disease


Team discovers new strategy to effectively treat, prevent osteoarthritis

Think new discoveries are the bee's knees? This one is even better—this research out of Rhode Island Hospital is the mice's knees. Researchers have found that adding lubricin, a protein that our bodies naturally produce, ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Alternative hip replacement technique results in faster recovery

(Medical Xpress)—University of California, San Diego Health System is one of only a few hospitals in the nation to offer computer-assisted navigation technology with the direct anterior hip replacement technique, potentially ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers studying stem cell therapy to repair damaged knee cartilage

Rush University Medical Center is conducting the nation's first clinical study of an innovative stem cell drug, Cartistem, to repair knee cartilage damaged by aging, trauma or degenerative diseases such as osteoarthritis.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research team finds compound that can spur cartilage growth

(Medical Xpress) -- A research team from drug maker Novartis has discovered a compound that spurs cartilage growth in mice. As they describe in their paper published in the journal Science, the team has found that when a ...

Medical research created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

New research could extend life of arthritic joints

A medication already approved to build bone mass in patients with osteoporosis also builds cartilage around joints and could potentially be repurposed to treat millions of people suffering from arthritis, according to orthopaedic ...

Medical research created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast