Two new studies show a person’s diet can significantly affect his or her chance of…
Month: November 2015
Promising treatment for scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease
Mycophenolate mofitil is as effective as cyclophosphamide in treating interstitial lung disease in people with…
Effectiveness and cost-effectivness of physical therapy for knee osteoarthritis
Spacing exercise-based physical therapy sessions over a 12-month period while using three additional “booster” sessions…
Ozone gas injections may do the trick for knee osteoarthritis sufferers
Injecting ozone gas into the knee reduces pain and improves functioning and quality of life…
Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis symptoms curbed by bariatric surgery
Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis symptoms were significantly lessened in patients who underwent bariatric — or…
Deaths from heart disease declining among rheumatoid arthritis patients
Rheumatoid arthritis patients are twice as likely as the average person to develop heart disease,…
Human-caused climate change increased the severity of many extreme events in 2014
Human activities, such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use, influenced specific extreme weather and…
Massive mysterious spring die-off kills more than 50 percent of the global population of saiga in two weeks
Saiga suffered a massive die-off during the calving season. In the short period of only…
Chrondroitin outperforms celecoxib in knee osteoarthritis study
For the first time, chondroitin sulfate has been more successful than celecoxib in reducing the…
Mechanical and manual cpr produce equivalent survival rates for cardiac arrest patients
Mechanical CPR, in which a device is used by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers to…