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		<title>Wrist Splints Work For Thumb Arthritis</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[People with osteoarthritis at the base of the thumb are often told to wear a thumb splint to ease symptoms. The first study to test this advice found it to be effective for many people.  It was published recently in Annals of Internal Medicine by a French team of researchers led by Francois Rannou, MD.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=2299&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Arthroscopic Surgery for Knee Arthritis</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arthroscopic surgery is no better than conservative treatment for people with knee osteoarthritis. This was shown in a 2002 clinical trial, and now a new trial has produced the same result. Will it change anything? Will people be told that surgery provides no advantage over drug treatment and physical therapy? Are there any exceptions?
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		<title>Hip and Knee Replacement: Low Rate of Repeat Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People facing hip- or knee-replacement surgery might want to know whether there’s a success rate that can be checked beforehand. The National Joint Registry for England and Wales has provided just such information. It differs from the type of information generated by clinical trials, most of which take place in academic medical centers. The latter represents surgery performed under the best of circumstances, whereas registries provide information about surgery as it is performed in the real world.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=1185&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Comparison of Arthritis Drugs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[People with osteoarthritis are often in chronic pain and that usually means long-term use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs*. To help them weigh the risks and benefits of these drugs, the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has issued a report on its Web site. It concluded that all NSAIDs—both over-the-counter and prescription—“present similar, increased risks of heart attacks while offering about the same level of pain relief.” There is, however, a notable exception: Naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn) does not increase the chance of a heart attack. Conversely, Celebrex is associated with a higher risk of heart attack than the other NSAIDs.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=1082&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Acupuncture for Knee Pain</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[How good is acupuncture at alleviating the pain of knee osteoarthritis? Studies have attempted to answer this question, but results are mixed. One solution is an analysis of all the highest quality trials on the topic. The results, published recently in Annals of Internal Medicine, say more about the power of the placebo than any substantial painkilling effect of acupuncture and may be disappointing to anyone looking for a safe alternative to drugs.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=1068&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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