Acupuncture for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis
184308
Summaries for Patients are a service provided by Annals to help patients better understand the complicated and often mystifying language of modern medicine.
398273
Ibuprofen provides better relief of osteoarthritis pain than does acetaminophen, according to results of a head-to-head comparison study.
355448
Pain and stiffness caused by arthritis in the knee can be relieved through the use of topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
708531
Australian researchers say they may have found an unlikely source of help for ailing knees: frogs. The BBC reports that a sticky substance found in the skin of frogs could be used to repair knee joints.
12239
Acupuncture can increase the chance of success for couples seeking to have a baby through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), according to a review published online Friday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
8505
US researchers have recently found that the acupuncture technique does actually offers pain relief and improves freedom of movement.
152143
NEW YORK  - Alternative medicines and therapies such as herbs, chiropractic care, and acupuncture, are widely used by couples seeking treatment for infertility, often in conjunction with prescription medicine, a study shows -- and the fertility specialist is often unaware of it.
439640
Sydney scientists say a Chinese herbal preparation could alleviate the symptoms of menopause and improve bone mineralisation. Complementary medicine researchers from the University of Western Sydney are about
643160
NEW YORK  - Many people take glucosamine for arthritis-like symptoms but results of a new study suggest that glucosamine has no clinically meaningful effect on pain, function, or disease progression in patients with arthritis of the hip.
419629
NEW YORK  - The class of painkillers known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can relieve the pain of osteoarthritis, but they may cause stomach problems.
298792
NEW YORK  - Treatment with a drug used to combat the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis appears to reduce the occurrence of osteoarthritis-related damage in the knee, according to a new report.
442254
New research suggests that acupuncture is more effective at reducing nausea and vomiting after major breast surgery than the leading medication.
645059
NEW YORK  - People who have plenty of foods with antioxidants in their diets may be protecting themselves from bone changes associated with knee arthritis, according to a new study.
336107
Acupuncture can help boost the power  of drugs in reducing the pain suffered by patients with  arthritis in their knees, researchers report.
385757
Acupuncture, used as a complementary therapy to drugs, is a more effective treatment for knee osteoarthritis than medication alone, says a Spanish study in this week&#39;s issue of the British Medical Journal.
298345
A study by US researches has found acupuncture can help the pain of arthritis in the knee and can improve freedom of movement. The study adds to evidence that the 2,000-year-old Chinese treatment, which uses
255956
FRIDAY, March 2  (HealthDay News) -- A component of green tea, combined with low doses of the cox-2 inhibitor painkiller Celebrex, may be able to slow prostate cancer growth, according to a U.S. study.