Data from 2007 shows that 51% of insured American children and adults are taking a least one prescription drug for a chronic medical condition. The most common drugs are for reducing blood pressure and cholesterol, which are linked to cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. Also, one fifth of the... Read more
According to a notice published today on the Food and Drug Administration website, FDA is investigating the possible association between the use of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors and the development of lymphoma and other cancers in children and young adults. These individuals were treated with TNF blockers for Juvenile Idiopathic... Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have published a new study, based on telephone survey data, which shows that about one half of all adults with diabetes also have some form of arthritis. In other data, the CDC estimated that a little over 46 million people have arthritis and a little over 26 million people have either Type 1 or... Read more
The Home Remedy: Drinking tart cherry juice or eating tart cherries helps reduce arthritis pain and inflammation.
The tart or sour cherry is also known as the pie cherry, Montmorency cherry or Balaton cherry. These are different from the sweet cherries commonly sold at grocery stores like Bing, Ranier and Lambert cherries. According to... Read more
The Home Remedy: Eating raisins soaked in gin every day reduces the pain and inflammation associated with arthritis.
I had never heard of this home remedy until I joined Health Central. But this is a popular topic on the website and many people have tried it, so I wanted to look into the subject more.
There are several... Read more
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