Nettles for arthritic pain – (07-10-00)
Nettles for arthritic pain Here is another centuries old application for pain, with little or no side effects. Read entire article here (under Science and Medicine)
Category Archives: Arthritis
Frequency of triggering bacteria in patients with reactive arthritis – (04-09-01)
Frequency of triggering bacteria in patients with reactive arthritis The well known fact that certain organisms infecting the GI tract can cause systemic arthritic symptoms becomes lost on most clinicians when they consider such conditions as fibromyalgia and many of the autoimmune disorders causing joint pain. In talking with a gastroenterologist and a rheumatologist that […]
COX-2 implications and gastric mucosal integrity, ulcer healing – (08-23-01)
COX-2 implications and gastric mucosal integrity, ulcer healing This is an informative review article on the new wonder-drug arthritis meds, and the concept that maybe they are not so friendly to the gastric mucosa as they were marketed to be. Recently this class of drugs has also come under fire from the cardiology sector. Remember […]
Oral Type II Collagen Therapy Shows Promise in Juvenile Arthritis – (09-02-01)
Oral Type II Collagen Therapy Shows Promise in Juvenile Arthritis This type of therapy for RA patients was already published many years ago with wonderful benefits and few side effects to the patients in the study. This is believed to work by teaching the GI tract to send a signal to the rest of the […]
TNF–dependent maturation of local dendritic cells is critical for activating the adaptive immune response to virus infection – (10-18-01)
TNF–dependent maturation of local dendritic cells is critical for activating the adaptive immune response to virus infection I know this is a very long title, but I wanted to illustrate a point. TNF-alpha is an integral part of the immune response and we are only now just beginning to understand how it works. Using the […]