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    Study: Glucosamine doesn't help hip arthritis

    (U.S. News and World Reports) UPDATED 2008-02-18
    According to a new study, the popular joint supplement glucosamine doesn't help people who suffer from osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip. Researchers in the Netherlands compared the effects of glucosamine to those of a placebo in 222 hip-OA patients for two years. They found that the joint supplement had no measurable effect on the patients' hip pain or function.  Read full story >
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