Rheumatology Archives - Page 81 of 85

Stem Cells Put Woman’s Arthritis in Remission

Transplanting stem cells from a healthy woman to her sister with severe rheumatoid arthritis apparently cured the disease, researchers report […]

Study Finds Vioxx Increases Heart Attack Risk

Patients taking Merck & Co. Inc.’s Vioxx arthritis drug had a 50 percent greater chance of heart attacks and sudden […]

J&J Adds Warning to Arthritis Drug Label

Johnson & Johnson added a new warning to the label for rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade about blood disorders that sometimes […]

Use of Mobic Approved for Rheumatoid Arthritis

German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim on Monday said U.S. regulators had widened the approved use of its arthritis drug to include […]

Shoulder pain

Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Shoulder pain by professional health specialists.

Neck pain

Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Neck pain and stiff neck by professional health specialists.

Epidemic polyarthritis (Ross River virus)

Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Ross River virus written by professional medical specialists.

Supraspinatus tendinitis (painful arc syndrome)

Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Supraspinatus tendinitis by professional health specialists.

female doctor examining wrist of female patient

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis (washerwoman’s sprain)

De Quervain's tenosynovitis or washerwoman's sprain, is a painful wrist condition involving two of the tendons at the wrist - the thumb extensors called Extensor pollicus brevis and abductor pollicus longus at the base of the thumb.

Achondroplasia (dwarfism)

Achondroplasia is a disorder of bone growth that causes the most common form of dwarfism. It is characterised by a trunk of normal length, short broad limbs, an enlarged skull, small face and flattened nose bridge. Intelligence and reprductive function are unaffected.