For decades, doctors have known that people with arthritis are more likely to suffer heart attacks and heart failure.
Their risk for heart disease is 23% higher than the general population. Their risk for heart failure is 42% greater. And they face a significantly higher chance of having a stroke, too.i
But a major study shows that it’s not arthritis that is causing the heightened risk.… Read More
Stopping rheumatoid arthritis pain may be as easy as adding one common food to your diet.
That’s the suggestion of a surprising Harvard study which found that one simple diet fix can treat arthritis. And it might also prevent the debilitating disease from ever developing.[1]
Researchers at Harvard University and the affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston examined the diets of 176 people with rheumatoid arthritis.… Read More
The number of Americans getting knee replacement surgery is double what it was in 2000. More than 750,000 of us a year now get new knees.[1]
The increase is not because more people are having knee problems. It’s because more people are choosing to have knee replacement surgery when they have less severe pain.[2]
That may be a mistake.… Read More
Big Pharma’s solution for knee pain is a deal with the devil.
Most of the nearly 50 million Americans with painful knees have osteoarthritis. And the drug of choice is celecoxib. It is one of the world’s biggest-selling pain relievers. Its main draw is that it is non-addicting.[1]
But taking a standard dose of celecoxib (Celebrex) triples the risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or dying from cardiovascular problems.… Read More
People with arthritis and other aches and pains are flocking to CBD and medical marijuana for relief—and they’re getting it, a new study finds.
About 20% of orthopedic patients with chronic pain are using a cannabis product, researchers found. The patients say the supplements are working.
Nine out of 10 said CBD and/or medical marijuana effectively manages their pain. Four in 10 said the supplements allowed them to take fewer painkillers.… Read More
For years, doctors treated arthritis patients this way…
First, they would recommend aspirin, ibuprofen or another NSAID medication to ease the pain.
If that didn’t work, they would prescribe something stronger. If the patient had knee or hip arthritis, the choice was often an opioid drug.
Addiction? That wasn’t seen as a problem because doctors believed patients truly in pain did not become addicted. … Read More