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Angi-TNF Therapy Can Help Heat Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Anti-TNF Therapy Can Help Heart Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Study Suggests

ScienceDaily (2008-03-02) -- A chronic autoimmune disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by persistent inflammation of the synovial membrane and progressive joint destruction. Beyond loss of mobility, sufferers face a high risk of heart failure. A new study indicates that anti-TNF therapy does a patient's heart more good than harm, when it successfully reduces the inflammatory toll of RA. ... > read full article

Multicenter Study Finds Little Effect of Soy Isoflavones on Bone Loss in Post-menopausal Women

Multicenter study finds little effect of soy isoflavones on bone loss in postmenopausal women

A previous six-month study by Iowa State University researchers had indicated that consuming modest amounts of soy protein, rich in isoflavones, lessened lumbar spine bone loss in midlife, perimenopausal women. But now an expanded three-year study by some of those same researchers does not show a bone-sparing effect in postmenopausal women who ingested soy isoflavone tablets, except for a modest effect at the femoral (hip) neck among those who took the highest dosage.

Med Students Say Conventional Medicine Would Benefit By Integrating Alternative Therapies

Med students say conventional medicine would benefit by integrating alternative therapies

In the largest national survey of its kind, researchers from UCLA and UC San Diego measured medical students' attitudes and beliefs about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and found that three-quarters of them felt conventional Western medicine would benefit by integrating more CAM therapies and ideas.

Higher Opioid dose linked to overdose risk in chronic pain patients

Higher opioid dose linked to overdose risk in chronic pain patients (w/ Video)

More and more Americans with chronic pain not caused by cancer are taking medically prescribed opioids like Oxycontin (oxycodone) and Vicodin (hydrocodone). The January 19 Annals of Internal Medicine features the first study to explore the risk of overdose in patients prescribed opioids for chronic noncancer pain in general health care. The study links risk of fatal and nonfatal opioid overdose to prescription use -- strongly associating the risk with the prescribed dose.