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Study looks into the genetics of gout and finds that it is indeed complicated.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 14, 2025 Source:Huge Study Shows Where Gout Comes From – It’s Not What We Thought Reference:A genome-wide association analysis reveals new pathogenic pathways in gout
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Genetic screening study offers first glimpse of how many suffer from previously unknown illness
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 26, 2023 Source:Study offers first glimpse of how many suffer from previously unknown illness
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Small study with caveats suggests that osteoarthritic knees worsen after steroid injections. I am not convinced but open to further evidence to establish veracity.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 1, 2022 Source:A common treatment for your knee osteoarthritis may be making it worse, studies say Reference:Steroid Injections Worsen Knee Arthritis
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Possible new treatment, pending Phase 3 study confirmation, for Dupuytren’s Disease reported by Oxford researchers.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 17, 2022 Source:Breakthrough In Treatment For Dupuytren’s Disease As Clinical Trial Shows Efficacy Of anti-TNF Drug Reference:Anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy for early-stage Dupuytren’s disease (RIDD): a phase 2b, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
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Study finds a way forward for potential new treatments as gene that causes Lupus has been discovered.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 12, 2022 Source:A Cause Of Lupus Has Been Discovered, Offering Hope For New Treatments Reference:TLR7 gain-of-function genetic variation causes human lupus
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Experimental and ingenious treatment uses virus to genetically alter skin stem cells to combat boy’s epidermolysis bullosa saving his life
Health Headlines Commentary for November 10, 2017 Source: Lab-Grown Skin Saves Dying Boy with Rare Disease Reference: Regeneration of the entire human epidermis using transgenic stem cells
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Critical bone development and strength thwarted by reduced activity in teens
Health Headlines Commentary for April 10, 2017 Source: Canadian teens are developing ‘lazy bones.’ Here’s why Reference: Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Bone Strength From Childhood to Early Adulthood: A Mixed Longitudinal HR-pQCT study
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New insights into non-gluten proteins that may have link to auto-immune diseases
Health Headlines Commentary for October 18, 2016 Source: Avoiding gluten? It may not be the cause of your bloating Reference: New study links protein in wheat to the inflammation of chronic health conditions
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Study states that acetaminophen is not an effective pain reliever for osteoarthritis; NSDAIDS are more effective
Health Headlines Commentary for March 21, 2016 Source: Paracetamol is useless at treating arthritis pain – whatever the dose, major study finds. Paracetamol ‘useless’ in treating osteoarthritis pain Reference: Effectiveness of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of pain in knee and hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis. The Lancet. Published online March 17 2016