Archive for the ‘Arthritis’ Category

Wine and women - double the pleasure!

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Women who had two glasses of wine a day, significantly increased their "good" cholesterol levels also call HDL cholesterol. This has shown to have a cardio-protective effect compared to the "bad" cholesterol, called LDL cholesterol, which has shown to damaging to patients. Which is better, red or white ...

The use of topical anti-inflammatories for knee arthritis. Move over Advil!

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

One of the hallmark treatments for knee osteoarthritis (mechanical wearing away of the knee cartilage) has been oral anti-inflammatories (also called NSAIDS). This includes the over the counter medications (Advil, Motrin, Aleve, Tylenol ...) and the prescription medications (Celebrex, Relafen, Naprosyn, Mobic, ...). Use of these medications have ...