Arthritis Today - April 2005

Issue 128

Arthritis Today Issue 128 CoverShouldering the burden

New arc research into improving shoulder replacement surgery could help people like Paddington rail crash survivor Terry Molloy.

Testing, testing

Rob Moots on how diagnostic testing for arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions is constantly improving.

Research on trial

The Arthritis Research Campaign has spent more than £6m on its clinical trial initiative since launching the programme in 1999. With three major new trials about to go live, Arthritis Today looks at what two of them hope to achieve and reports on the progress so far of the more established trials.

Ultimate fitness - Pat and Pauline's way

Two unfit, middle-aged women were determined to get fit their own way. They told Jane Tadman how they did it.

Arthritis research expansion

Current investment of almost £1m from arc is resulting in a diverse range of arthritis research in East Anglia, from clinical trials to basic science.

Spotlight on science

Professor Elaine Hay and Professor Marco Londei explain their work in an ongoing series of questions and answers with arc-funded researchers.