Glucosamine
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - October 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A dietary supplement dampens the brain hyperexcitability seen in seizures or epilepsy
(University of Alabama at Birmingham) UAB researchers have found that inducing a biochemical alteration in brain proteins via the dietary supplement glucosamine was able to rapidly dampen that pathological hyperexcitability in rat and mouse models. These results represent a potentially novel therapeutic target for the treatment of seizure disorders, and they show the need to better understand the physiology underlying these neural and brain circuit changes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Godly gift for arthritis pain
Big Pharma is at it again… Creating and selling a drug that causes thousands of heart attacks and strokes each year.
In 2015, the FDA asked drug makers to strengthen their warning labels.
Since then, most have listed their dangerous side effects on the bottle.
But one manufacturer thought they didn’t have to warn people about their dangerous drug.
They marketed their product as a “unique” breakthrough. They even published studies promising it was “safe for long-term use.” 1
The drug is a 7-year-old arthritis drug called Actemra. It’s made by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche.
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Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - October 5, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news
Glucosamine Supplements Don ’ t Help Knee or Hip Arthritis Pain Glucosamine Supplements Don ’ t Help Knee or Hip Arthritis Pain
Oral glucosamine has no more effect than placebo on joint pain, according to a new meta-analysis.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Glucosamine supplements don ’t help knee or hip arthritis pain
(Reuters Health) - Oral glucosamine, a natural supplement often marketed for joint pain, has no more effect than a dummy pill, according to a new review of available research. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Glucosamine: Can it worsen gout symptoms?
Taking glucosamine isn't likely to have any effect on gout— either good or bad. (Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist)
Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist - November 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Placebo Outperforms Glucosamine/Chondroitin Sulfate in Trial Placebo Outperforms Glucosamine/Chondroitin Sulfate in Trial
Glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate are not more beneficial than placebo treatments for patients with knee osteoarthritis, a recent trial suggests.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines - August 24, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Orthopaedics News Source Type: news
Beating osteoarthritis knee pain: Beyond special shoes
We have plenty of fairy tales about shoes that work magic in people’s lives: glass slippers that brought love to Cinderella, and sparkly red heels that gave Dorothy powers in MGM’s version of The Wizard of Oz.
In real life, footwear magic is limited to “unloading” shoes that may help relieve knee pain from osteoarthritis. These unloading shoes have stiffer soles, and slightly tilted insoles that reposition the foot, intended to reduce (or unload) strain on the knee. But a study published online July 12, 2016, in Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that unloading shoes are no better than a good pair of walking shoe...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - August 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Exercise and Fitness Health Osteoarthritis Pain Management Source Type: news
Ask JJ: Osteoarthritis
Dear JJ: I'm a 67-year-old woman who recently got diagnosed with osteoarthritis. My doctor warned me as an older woman, I'm more susceptible to this problem along with fractures and other problems it presents. I don't want to go on prescription drugs, and I know you're big on natural remedies. Can you help me out here?
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, and sometimes called the "wear and tear" arthritis.
A little background: Bones intersect to form a joint. Those bones need a buffer to prevent painful friction. Cartilage--a tough, flexible connective tissue that prot...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Glucosamine Preserves Cartilage in Knee OA (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- But no benefits seen for pain (Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics - February 23, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news
The Degradative Soup of Injury and Arthritis
New studies have shown that when a meniscus tissue is torn in the knee, enzymes and factors are released, creating a degradative soup that affects healing and eventually leads to arthritis.
Injury to joint tissues used to be thought of in primarily mechanical terms. Torn ligaments led to instability; a torn meniscus led to arthritis, both from the window wiper effect of the tissue in the joint and the force concentration from losing the shock absorber; impact injuries led to bone and cartilage death. [1]
We now understand that this thinking was far too narrow. Papers presented at the 29th Meniscus Transplant Study Grou...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sweet nanoparticles target stroke
Materials resulting from chemical bonding of glucosamine, a type of sugar, with fullerenes, kind of nanoparticles known as buckyballs, might help to reduce cell damage and inflammation occurring after stroke. A team has tested this on mice, opening the door to potential new drugs for the cerebrovascular accident. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 12, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Sweet nanoparticles target stroke
(FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) Materials resulting from chemical bonding of glucosamine, a type of sugar, with fullerenes, kind of nanoparticles known as buckyballs, might help to reduce cell damage and inflammation occurring after stroke. A team from the Max Planck Institute in Germany has tested this on mice, opening the door to potential new drugs for the cerebrovascular accident. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 12, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Over-the-counter drug may work well for arthritis
(Reuters Health) – Three daily doses of glucosamine and chondroitin may provide the same relief as a smaller dose of prescription celecoxib for people with severe pain from osteoarthritis, according to a randomized trial in four European countries. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
The Entrepreneur Behind New York's Latest Health Food Craze
Marco Canora has long been a chef's chef, turning out seemingly simple dishes that require years of training to prepare consistently and well. He's received wide-ranging accolades for his restaurants, including Hearth in New York City's East Village. Yet today Canora is achieving new fame for a food that takes almost no skill to make, uses no fancy ingredients, and is completely unglamorous: bone broth.
Bone broth is exactly what it sounds like: a pile of animal bones, covered in water; some vegetable scraps; and often a bit of cider vinegar -- all boiled until the bones crumble. But despite -- or because of -- its simpli...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
