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Unexpected hormone discovery of GLP-1 in joints may provide new avenues for arthritis treatment once it is determined what it is actually doing in the joint. Lots of work ahead.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 30, 2026 Source:Unexpected Hormone Discovery Could Change How We Treat Arthritis Reference:Detection of GLP-1 and DPP-4 in synovial fluid: implications for therapeutical strategies in arthritis
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A new mouse model approach to treating osteoarthritis by encouraging cartilage regeneration.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 17, 2026 Source:A hopeful future for Arthritis Treatment
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New agent blocks the degradation pathway in cartilage and restores cartilage in mice and in vitro human cartilage. If it is shown to work in humans, it will have great potential to mitigate osteoarthritic age-related changes.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 13, 2026 Source:Anti-Aging Injection Regrows Knee Cartilage and Prevents Arthritis Reference:Inhibition of 15-hydroxy prostaglandin dehydrogenase promotes cartilage regeneration
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Clinical test may predict best rheumatoid arthritis biologic for each individual
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 22, 2025 Source:Clinical test may predict best rheumatoid arthritis biologic for each individual
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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