In This Case: Chronic Pain Editor: Alyson J. McGregor MD, MA Co-Editor: Rebecca Barron, MD, MPH Case Overview Chronic pain is a condition that is increasingly common in the aging population and exhibits a marked prevalence in women. However, the etiology of this condition is not well understood and its diagnosis and treatment is often […]
arthritis, Case Study, Chronic Pain, Depression, Women
Hormone Therapy May Cut Risk of Repeat Joint Replacement Surgery in Women Those who took HR after hip/knee replacement saw risk of second procedure drop by about 50 percent when taken for at least one year. Reprinted from HealthDay News — Women who start hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after having had hip or knee replacement […]
arthritis, hormones, Muscluloskeletal, osteoarthritis, surgery
Women and older men with osteoarthritis (OA) are more likely to be hospitalized for congestive heart failure than those without arthritis. The risk was greatest for patients needing joint replacement surgery, as reported in Arthritis Care & Research. Although rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and other autoimmune forms of arthritis — which are more prevalent in women […]
arthritis, Autoimmune, Cardiology, CVD, inflammatory diseases
Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Osteoarthritis: A Prospective Longitudinal Study M. Mushfiqur Rahman1,*, Jacek A. Kopec1, Aslam H. Anis2, Jolanda Cibere1, Charlie H. Goldsmith3 1University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Richmond, BC Canada; E-mail: [email protected] of British Columbia and Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Vancouver, Canada3Simon […]
arthritis, Autoimmune, Cardiology, inflammatory diseases
