Arthritis Today – January 1999
Japanese water works?
Coral calcium – a triumph of marketing hype or of genuine benefit to people with arthritis? If several dozen readers of Arthritis Today are to be believed, a new, rather expensive product has taken over from its rivals as the current "miraculous" substance which radically reduces arthritic pain.
East Anglian success
Norwich may not traditionally be thought of as a centre for research into the rheumatic diseases – but arc is currently pumping around £1.5m into helping the region maintain its unique position.
New anti-rheumatoid drugs bring hope to thousands
The race is on to bring new treatments to patients with rheumatoid arthritis – as at least two new anti-rheumatoid drugs look set to be available in the UK within the next few months.
The pregnant pause...
Pregnancy can be tough even when the mother-to-be is in good health. Patricia Le Gallez, rheumatology nurse practitioner at Dewsbury and District Hospital, looks at the potential pitfalls for pregnant women who have arthritis.
Teenage kicks against arthritis
Seventeen-year-old
Emma Cole looks like any other teenager. But the youngster from the tiny
village of Slaley, near Hexham in Northumberland, has been severely affected
by polyarticular juvenile chronic arthritis since the age of six.
