Arthritis Today – October 1999
Complementary therapies for arthritis, a wake-up call for funding bodies?
Professor Edzard Ernst, of the University of Exeter's department of complementary medicine, argues that patients' interests can be served by proper research and clinical trials.
The eyes have it – eye involvement in rheumatic diseases
It's not widely known, but eye problems, visual impairment and even blindness are not uncommon features of many forms of arthritis and rheumatic disease. Dr Badal Pal and Dr Sathianathan Panthakalam, of Withington Hospital, Manchester, explain.
Fibro-what?
Fibromyalgia was registered as a bona fide medical condition by the World Health Organisation seven years ago. Yet it is still something of a medical mystery.
Psoriatic arthritis
Controversial playwright Dennis Potter brought attention to this previously little-heard of condition. Dr Philip Helliwell, senior lecturer in rheumatology at the University of Leeds, looks at its history and current treatments.
It's big – and it's getting bigger
Not only does it make up London's biggest medical school; it also boasts the largest research income and occupies seven major sites north of the Thames. The Arthritis Research Campaign is playing its part in the college's growing success story by providing a major investment of almost £2.5m of funding.
New back pain back study gets the go-ahead
A team of doctors, physiotherapists and scientists in South London are setting up an important new study to investigate the role of stomach and back muscles in low back pain.
