Supplement shows promise for mild knee arthritis

A dietary supplement derived from chickens may bring some pain
relief to people with mild knee arthritis, preliminary research
suggests.

Aspirin reduces death rate in heart patients

In people with stable heart disease, low-dose aspirin reduces the
occurrence of heart attacks, strokes, and deaths from all causes,
according to a new analysis.

Hylan injections discouraged for knee arthritis

European researchers are recommending that injections of a product
called hylan into the knee joint should not be used to
osteoarthritis, based on the results of a systematic review of
clinical studies.

Rheumatoid arthritis raises risk for shingles

People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of
herpes zoster, or shingles, a painful skin condition caused by a
reactivation of the chickenpox virus, according to research on more
than 160,000 individuals with RA.

Aspirin 'resistance' raises risk of heart trouble

People who are resistant to the blood-thinning effects of aspirin
are at increased risk of having a heart attack, stroke, and of
dying from a pre-existing heart condition, according to a report in
this week's British Medical Journal.

Osteoarthritis gene variations linked to height

Variations in the gene locus -- the area the gene is located on the
chromosome -- associated with osteoarthritis, appear to modestly
contribute to differences in body height, according to a report in
the journal Nature Genetics.

Arthritis drug may ease dementia: case-report

In a new report, US researchers describe the improvement in brain
function that occurred in a patient with Alzheimer's disease just
minutes after receiving an injection in the spine of the arthritis
drug Enbrel (also known as etanercept).