Simple Arthritis Drug Can Treat Blood Cancer Sufferers

4 hours ago | Medindia Health

New study shows a simple arthritis drug can reduce symptoms in sufferers of polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia.
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Newly diagnosed cases of AS at increased risk for IMIDs, lower risk for RA

12 hours ago | Healio

Newly diagnosed patients with ankylosing spondylitis in Taiwan demonstrate increased risks for multiple immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, including acute anterior uveitis...
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Scientists prove low cost arthritis drug can effectively treat blood cancer sufferers

14 hours ago | ScienceDaily

A simple arthritis drug could be an effective, low cost solution to treat patients with blood cancers such as polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia , a breakthrough...
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Examining the Changing Face of Modern Medicine

16 hours ago | Health Status

More and more, problems that people have commonly faced are being diagnosed more accurately. For example, arthritis is now no longer just an ailment that old people get. It can...
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Study explores link between rheumatoid arthritis widespread pain and smoking

17 hours ago | News Medical

A team of researchers at the Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge in Stockholm, Sweden wanted to investigate if smoking status at the time of rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis...
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New therapeutic target for rheumatoid arthritis and type 2 diabetes

17 hours ago | News Medical | 2 articles

There is a growing body of knowledge that points that type 2 diabetes, a chronic disease where the blood sugar increases, is an inflammatory disease. The levels of certain...
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VIDEO: High incidence of arthritis seen at the metatarsal head sesamoid articulation

18 hours ago | Healio

CHICAGO - At the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting, Steven M. Raikin, MD, discussed a study that looked at degenerative changes at the metatarsal head...
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Weekly Health Quiz: Vertigo, Muscles and Statins

1 day ago | Mercola

1 Which of the following nutritional supplements has a proven track record as a powerful antiviral, significantly reducing your risk of common cold, influenza and several other...
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Patients who undergo isolated fibular sesamoidectomy report long-term pain relief

3 days ago | Healio

CHICAGO - At long-term follow-up, patients with sesamoiditis, fracture, nonunion, osteonecrosis and arthritis who underwent isolated fibular sesamoidectomy reported long-term...
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Surprising Health Benefits of Plant-based Diet for Rheumatoid Arthritis

4 days ago | Medindia Health | 2 articles

Plant-based diet or vegetarian diet may ward off painful symptoms associated with rheumatoid arthritis , reveals a new study.
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Toxic air pollution particles are found in pregnant women's PLACENTAS for...

Researchers led by Hasselt University in Belgium scanned flesh from the placentas of 28 women who lived in areas with varying levels of pollution and found they all had black... Read more ...

Making Major Decisions While Being Hungry is a Bad Idea

You might want to avoid making any important decisions about the future while being hungry. Read more ...

Positive Experiences With Teachers or Neighbors can Save Long-term Health of...

Adverse childhood experience can lead to poor health later in life. Positive experiences could work as an anecdote to counter and overcome trauma. Read more ...

The 10 women who beat breast cancer

The survivors, from Lincolnshire, aged from 47 to 81 and including eight blood relatives, won their battle after 15 years. Joyce Waite, 78, was the first to be diagnosed in 2002. Read more ...

Cancer Cells Exhibit Cannibalism to Survive Chemotherapy: Here's How

Cancer cells can survive chemotherapy by resorting to cannibalism. This behavior provides them with the energy resources to stay alive and cause tumor relapse after the... Read more ...

Needle-free patch could 'protect against flu as effectively as a traditional...

Scientists from the University of Rochester gave the patch (pictured, alongside a traditional vaccine) to mice for between 18 and 36 hours. The animals 'initiated a robust... Read more ...

Mother begs people to donate blood as her two-year-old is only being kept...

Steph Davidson's daughter Adeline relies on blood transfusions while she waits for a bone marrow transplant. Adeline, from Scotland, has low levels of platelets and red and... Read more ...

Gut Bacteria may Influence Your Blood Sugar Levels: Here's How

Bacteria living in your gut may negatively influence your blood sugar levels, reveals a new study. Read more ...

New Imaging Technology Could Revolutionize the Future of Cancer Surgery

New imaging technology uses the way light from lasers communicates with cancerous and healthy tissues to distinguish between them in real-time. Read more ...

Being a Night Owl can Make Teen Girls More Fat

Are you a night owl? Watch out, poor sleep and staying up late at night can cause excess weight gain among teen girls. Read more ...