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High BMD Raises Risk for Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis
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When compared to rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis has generally been perceived as having a less severe course; however, a new study by Chua and colleagues1 from Rush Medical Center in Chicago is the first to show in direct comparison that the patient perception of disease burden is similar between the two and possibly even worse in osteoarthritis.
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Capsaicin Improves Pain in Osteoarthritis Study
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With more than 10% of the population over 60 affected by osteoarthritis knee pain that is incapacitating and not well managed by current therapies, a group of investigators looked to new injectable formulations of capsaicin (already approved for in topical form) for potentially better relief.
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