Knee arthritis may be sign of early lung cancer
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NEW YORK  - Having isolated arthritis in one knee could be an early warning sign for lung cancer, Italian researchers suggest.
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Smokers suffer from more painful osteoarthritis of the knee, according to US researchers.
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Rheumatoid arthritis seems to raise  the risk of silent heart disease in patients -- even before  they know they have the chronic condition, U.S. researchers  reported on Thursday.
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Sudden knee buckling seems to be fairly common even among people with no known knee problems.
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NEW YORK  - Among individuals who develop  lung cancer, there appear to be differences between smokers and  nonsmokers in survival rates and in individuals patient  characteristics, researchers report. They say the findings  indicate that lung cancer in nonsmokers is a specific disease,  which has implications for research and clinical trials.
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NEW YORK  - Cigarette smoking dramatically increases the risk that a woman who has undergone radiation treatment for breast cancer will develop lung cancer later on, a new study shows.
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NEW YORK  - Men who spend significant amounts of time kneeling on the job are at great risk of developing osteoarthritis of the knee, a new study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine confirms.
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NEW YORK  - Recreational physical activity   in the year before a diagnosis of breast cancer seems to have a   positive influence on the prognosis of young women who are   overweight or obese when they are diagnosed, new research   suggests.
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With the recent news of heart problems associated with drugs such as Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra, people who suffer from the pain associated with arthritis have difficult choices to make.
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PEOPLE who eat lots of red meat may be raising their risk of rheumatoid arthritis, an incurable and crippling disease, British researchers reported today.
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A simple breath test can sometimes detect lung cancer in patients even in the early stages of the disease, proving in principle that the idea might work, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
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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
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People whose genes make them more susceptible to developing rheumatoid arthritis are even more likely to get the disease if they smoke, say Swedish researchers.
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Scientists identify a gene fault linked the development of lung cancers.
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NEW YORK  - The production of antibodies to   certain foods is "strikingly increased" in the gut of many   patients with rheumatoid arthritis, Norwegian researchers   report. It may be that hypersensitivity to certain foods leads   to a flare-up in the joints.
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Boston researchers report a link between low serum levels of vitamin D and decreased knee function in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.
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NEW YORK  - Lung cancers that are detected during X-ray for other conditions, so-called "incidentalomas," tend to be smaller and less likely to require removal of a lung, according to a research team at the University of California-San Francisco.