Joint Pain News

December 1, 2023

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1060 Million People With 'Other' Musculoskeletal Disorders by 2050

Nov. 20, 2023 — A category of musculoskeletal disorders of our joints, muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons and spine are on the rise and a new forecast is as many as 1060 million people -- up from 464 million -- will be living with related disabilities by 2050, ...

Anti-Rheumatic Drugs Could Prevent Thyroid Disease

Nov. 22, 2023 — Anti-rheumatic drugs used for rheumatoid arthritis might prevent the development of autoimmune thyroid disease, according to a new observational ...

Researchers Explore Origins of Lupus, Find Reason for Condition's Prevalence Among Women

Nov. 13, 2023 — For years, researchers and clinicians have known that lupus, an autoimmune condition, occurs in women at a rate nine times higher than in men. Some of the factors that cause the disease's high ...

Toward New Targeted Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Nov. 8, 2023 — New research may lead to new targeted treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease that causes joint inflammation and ...

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New 'Subway Map' of Lyme Disease Pathways Identifies Potential New Treatment Targets

Oct. 19, 2023 — Scientists have developed a genome-scale metabolic model or 'subway map' of key metabolic activities of the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. ...

Racing to Defuse a 'Ticking' Public Health Time Bomb

Oct. 18, 2023 — The explosive rise in tick-borne diseases in many parts of the United States over the last five decades represents a major public health threat that demands innovative solutions, warns a group of ...

Common Drug Can Improve Hand Osteoarthritis Symptoms

Oct. 13, 2023 — Relief could be on the way for people with painful hand osteoarthritis after a new study found an affordable existing drug can help. Until now there has been no effective treatment. The paper ...

New Organ-on-a-Chip Model of Human Synovium Could Accelerate Development of Treatments for Arthritis

Oct. 12, 2023 — The synovium is a membrane-like structure that lines the knee joint and helps to keep the joint happy and healthy, mainly by producing and ...

New Research Adds Evidence to the Benefits of Ginger Supplements for Treating Autoimmune Diseases

Sep. 22, 2023 — New research has revealed a potentially important role ginger supplements can play in controlling inflammation for people living with autoimmune ...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Eases How Fibromyalgia Pain Is Experienced by the Brain

Sep. 20, 2023 — Patients living with fibromyalgia (FM) -- a disease that predominantly affects women and is characterized by chronic pain, fatigue and brain fog -- ...

Research Points to Potential New Medical Therapy for Lyme Disease

July 28, 2023 — A medical therapy that inhibits the growth of cancer cells may one day be effective at treating Lyme disease, according to new research ...

Lupus Flare-Ups Strongly Linked to Specific Bacterial Growth in Gut

June 27, 2023 — Recurrent bouts of systemic lupus erythematosus, marked by the body's immune system attack of its own tissues, closely tracked with measureable upticks in growth in the gut of a certain species of ...

Pain Not Perceived in the Same Way in People With Alzheimer's Disease

June 22, 2023 — New research has found that in a mouse model mimicking Alzheimer's Disease (AD) pain signals are not processed in the same way as in healthy ...

Study Shows Most Children Recover from Lyme Disease Within Six Months of Treatment

Apr. 21, 2023 — A majority of parents of children diagnosed with Lyme disease reported that their kids recovered within six months of completing antibiotic ...

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Fibromyalgia: Pain out of Control

Apr. 5, 2023 — Feeling like we have a degree of control makes us tolerate pain better. In the case of fibromyalgia, however, this simply doesn't work. A study provides clues as to ...

White-Tailed Deer Blood Kills Bacteria That Causes Lyme Disease

Mar. 30, 2023 — As tick season kicks in across the country, scientists have completed research that offers a promising lead in the fight against Lyme ...

Potential New Therapeutic Target for Inflammatory Diseases Such as Lupus and Sepsis

Mar. 8, 2023 — Scientists have made an important breakthrough in understanding what goes wrong in our bodies during the progression of inflammatory diseases and -- in doing so -- unearthed a potential new ...

Early Diagnosis and Monitoring of Lupus Nephritis -- On Your Smartphone

Feb. 1, 2023 — A pair of researchers reports the success of their new, at-home method for early diagnosis and monitoring of lupus nephritis. or inflammation of the kidneys, one of the most severe complications for ...

Scientists Find That microRNA Affects Inflammation in Lupus Disease

Jan. 26, 2023 — Scientists have discovered the role of microRNA on inflammation in lupus disease. They identified the microRNAs that are downregulated in the disease and how they converge to cause the ...

Study Identifies Potential New Approach for Treating Lupus

Jan. 13, 2023 — Targeting iron metabolism in immune system cells may offer a new approach for treating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) -- the most common form of the chronic autoimmune disease lupus. A ...

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Lower Risk of Heart Disease, Study Shows

Dec. 8, 2022 — Commonly used drugs that reduce joint inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis also reduce vascular inflammation and cardiovascular risk, finds a new ...

CAR T Cell Therapy Reaches Beyond Cancer

Nov. 23, 2022 — Investigators have reported highly promising early results for CAR T therapy in a small set of patients with the autoimmune disease ...

Interdisciplinary Guidelines to Optimize the Treatment of Childhood Arthritis at Global Level

Nov. 18, 2022 — So far, there no uniform guidelines have existed for the treatment of arthritis of the jaw, a potentially debilitating consequence of juvenile ...

Genes to Potentially Diagnose Long-Term Lyme Disease Identified

Nov. 15, 2022 — Researchers have identified 35 genes that are particularly highly expressed in people with long-term Lyme disease. These genes could potentially be used as biomarkers to diagnose patients with the ...

One in Five Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis in England Were Undiagnosed During the Pandemic, Study Finds

Nov. 4, 2022 — The number of new diagnoses of rheumatoid arthritis fell by 20 percent in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research ...

Gene Associated With Lupus May Protect Against Severe COVID-19 Infection

Nov. 3, 2022 — Some genetic variants may put people at risk of autoimmune diseases while conferring protection against the outcome of viral infection. A new study suggests that genetic predisposition for systemic ...

Neuroimaging Study Reveals Functional and Structural Brain Abnormalities in People With Post-Treatment Lyme Disease

Oct. 26, 2022 — In a study using specialized imaging techniques, researchers report distinctive changes in the 'white matter' and other brain tissue physiology of those with post-treatment Lyme disease, a ...

Study Demonstrates That Ticks Weaken Skin's Immune Response

Sep. 28, 2022 — Hitherto, scientists have not fully understood why ticks are such dangerous disease vectors. A research team now shows that tick saliva inhibits the skin's defense function, thereby increasing ...

Unique Light-Sensing 3D-Printed Device Could Help People With Lupus

Sep. 8, 2022 — A team of engineers and doctors has designed a unique 3D-printed light-sensing medical device that could help millions of people worldwide with lupus and other light-sensitive ...

Key Protein That Drives Rheumatoid Arthritis Damage

Sep. 8, 2022 — Scientists have identified a protein known as sulfatase-2 that plays a critical role in the damage caused by rheumatoid arthritis. The researchers' discovery sheds new light on the molecular ...

Autoimmune Disorders Increase Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Aug. 28, 2022 — An international research team presents the outcome of a thorough epidemiological investigation into possible links between nineteen of the most common autoimmune disorders and cardiovascular ...

Study Focuses on Improving Cognitive Symptoms of Lupus

July 14, 2022 — A new study finds that technology through video game-based cognitive therapy improves attention and executive functioning in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus ...

How Mitochondrial Damage Ignites the 'Auto-Inflammatory Fire'

July 13, 2022 — Researchers describe the biochemical pathway that results in the generation of oxidized mitochondrial DNA, how it is expelled by mitochondria and how it triggers the complex and destructive ...

Molecular Pathway by Which Stress Affects Lupus Discovered

July 11, 2022 — A novel molecular pathway involving cell signalling proteins in the brain may explain how stress affects neuropsychiatric lupus with diffuse neuropsychological ...

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