News tagged with cartilage loss

Protein identified that can result in fragile bones

Too little of a protein called neogenin results in a smaller skeleton during development and sets the stage for a more fragile bone framework lifelong, Medical College of Georgia researchers report.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obesity contributes to rapid cartilage loss

Obesity, among other factors, is strongly associated with an increased risk of rapid cartilage loss, according to a study published in the August issue of Radiology.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Greater quadriceps strength may benefit those with knee osteoarthritis

Studies on the influence of quadriceps strength on knee osteoarthritis (OA), one of the leading causes of disability among the elderly, have shown conflicting results. In some studies, decreased quadriceps strength is associated ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists find cause of cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis

The scientists describe their work in this week's Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In the study, the team shows how the loss of the protein HMGB2, found in the surface layer of joint ...

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created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 1




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Deer antlers inspire a new theory on osteoporosis

The loss of manganese could mean that calcium does not stick to bones and could cause osteoporosis. This is the new theory put forward by researchers at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) in Spain ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Walking skills program improves physical function following hip replacement surgery

Researchers in Norway report that patients who receive walking skills training following total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis show improved physical function. The physical therapy program displayed a positive effect ...

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created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blame backbone fractures on evolution, not osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is blamed for backbone fractures. The real culprit could well be our own vertebrae, which evolved to absorb the pounding of upright walking, researchers at Case Western Reserve University say.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Omega-3 fatty acids shown to prevent or slow progression of osteoarthritis

New research has shown for the first time that omega-3 in fish oil could "substantially and significantly" reduce the signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Glucocorticoid treatment may prevent long-term damage to joints

Joint injury can result in irreversible damage of cartilage which, despite treatment and surgery, often eventually leads to osteoarthritis (OA) in later life. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal ...

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created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Loss of motion after knee surgery may increase osteoarthritis risk, research suggests

The onset of osteoarthritis may be related to a loss of knee motion after reconstructive ACL surgery, as noted in new research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in San Diego, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New device could revolutionize major knee surgery

(Medical Xpress) -- Damage to the cruciate knee ligaments has cut short the careers of many sports stars but treatment for the injury could be revolutionised by a new device which has just secured a top innovation ...

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created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Premature aging seen as issue for AIDS survivors

(AP) -- Having survived the first and worst years of the AIDS epidemic, when he was losing three friends to the disease in a day and undergoing every primitive, toxic treatment that then existed, Peter Greene ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers uncover details of joint injuries in children

Scientists working in part at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) have learned new information about how the knee joints of children are damaged as the result of a compression injury, which could ...

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created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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