Posts Tagged osteoporosis

Hear Ye, Hear Ye…Women with Osteoarthritis: Osteoporosis Drug Calcitonin May Prevent Osteoarthritis

Indeed good news to women suffering from osteoarthritis.

Initial studies conducted in rats suggested that an existing drug – already known as calcitonin – can help older, post-menopausal women prevent osteoarthritis.

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Bone Strengtening Drugs Against Osteoarthritis

While findings are not yet enough to recommend bone strengthening drugs (such as risedronate) as possible cure for arthritis, John Hopkins rheumatologists revealed that such drugs may be helpful in providing simultaneous protection to elderly people’s joints.

According to Dr. Clifton Bingham, a Johns Hopkins rheumatologist: More →

Towards Development of New Arthritis Drugs

Modern Biosciences plc has signed an exclusive worldwide license agreement with the University of Aberdeen in order to further develop new treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to put into trials the new RA drugs that Aberdeen has discovered but haven’t been tested yet.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a debilitating disease that causes inflammation of the joints which affects some 1% of the worldwide population (or approximately 165 million people. More →

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