Arthritis Today - Summer 2007
Yoga – can it banish back pain?
The ancient practice of yoga goes back thousands of years. Now an exciting new arc clinical trial hopes to find out if its powers can be harnessed to improve that most modern of painful complaints; low back pain.
Vasculitis – patients need better information
Patients with severe types of vasculitis struggle to find information about their condition. A new arc study aims to find out exactly what patients want.
In praise of paracetamol
Time to re-evaluate this under-valued painkiller?
Gym’ll fix it!
Cherry Protheroe, a retired teacher and long-time arthritis sufferer, found that the old adage “exercise is the best medicine” certainly worked for her.
Lupus – affecting children and teenagers
Twenty per cent of people with lupus develop the condition as children; one youngster tells her story.
Focus on Newcastle: research with a wide span
arc’s ongoing financial input into arthritis research in Newcastle, currently almost £2m, has been the catalyst for expansion, particularly in the field of childhood arthritis.
Spotlight on science
Dr Simon Kollnberger and Dr Marina Anderson explain their work in an ongoing series of questions and answers with arc-funded researchers.
