Arthritis Today - Spring 2008
Issue 140
NICE work on osteoarthritis
New national guidelines on how osteoarthritis should be treated are now in the hands of every GP in the country.
Joint awareness
Jane Tadman reports on the increasing popularity of unicompartmental knee replacements.
A classic case of JDM
Research is shedding new light on a rare but often serious muscle disease affecting children and teenagers. Jane Tadman reports on arc’s latest research into juvenile dermatomyositis.
Seronegative spondyloarthopathy
If you have discovered that you have a spondyloarthropathy or a spondyloarthritis or a seronegative spondyloarthopathy or even a spondylothingumee, what on earth have you got? asks Dr Andrew Keat.
Hip hop and happening
Natalie Wright, who has juvenile idiopathic arthritis, is 21, and recently had both hips replaced while studying for an occupational therapy degree, which she has just completed.
Focus on University College London
New B cell treatments, which are having a profound effect on people with severe rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, were pioneered at University College, London. Jane Tadman reports on how arc is funding the next stages of B cell therapy.
Spotlight on science
Dr George Bou-Gharios and Dr Marcello Riggio explain their work in an ongoing series of questions and answers with arc-funded researchers.
