What Doctors Don't Tell YouSecond-line treatments to treat rheumatoid arthritis are being pushed to the front at greater risk to the patient. ...
Another big question last time from a reader who is looking for a reliable cure for arthritis. She's tried MSM, glucosamine and fish oils for a year without too much success. One reader thinks that a common cause of arthritis is wheat. She suggests...
Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs, the treatment of choice for all forms of arthritis, may cause more problems than they solve. ... ...
Re osteoporosis (WDDTY vol 16 no 5, page 12), boron (as Osteo-Trace) has been used for years for both arthritis and osteoporosis - and without side-effects.
Q I want to train as a midwife, but don’t want to take the required hepatitis B vaccination. Is there any way out of this? In addition, what are the risks of contracting this disease as a midwife? -
And we finally come to the reader who wanted to know how successful a hip replacement would be in relieving her chronic arthritis. Go for it, chants the majority of readers, obviously happy that they took the plunge. One hospital porter who sees...
In the heady world of the pharmaceutical industry, the most profitable industry in the world - where world sales doubled over the last five years - the pressure is always intense to develop new product.
* The gears of bureaucracy grind slowly . . . And speaking of arthritis, doctors and patients have been recently warned about one of the slow-acting, anti-rheumatic drugs (SAARDs) used as a second-line treatment
Many supplements and diet programmes offer complete relief for arthritis sufferers, but your regime needs to be individualised according to your specific requirements.
A 58-year-old active woman has learned that the bone density in her back has slipped to just 87% of normal levels. She takes a wide range of vitamins plus calcium and magnesium and has just started on silica. She would like to avoid taking Fosamax...
