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Online clinic for arthritis patients launched in Fife
(The Scotsman 04/11/2009)
PATIENTS with arthritis will be able to monitor their disease online as part of a pilot project launched today. The Fife Rheumatic Disease Unit at Kirkcaldy's Whyteman's Brae Hospital is running Scotland's first online rheumatology clinic in an effort to change the way patients are managed. The Clinic for Arthritis Patients in Remission on the Internet (Capri) allows local patients whose rheumatoid arthritis is under control to assess their disease regularly via a tutorial and questionnaire.
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(Daily Express 15/09/2009)
For every Damien Hirst cashing a rich patron%u2019s cheque, there are hundreds of artists like John Pickering who labour over their art without making a penny. Black Country sculptor John, 76, who creates marvellous, graceful geometric structures out of cardboard and plaster has never sold a single work. That may be about to change as seven of his pieces go on show in London tomorrow and even the modest John admits it would be nice to see some return at last.
Rheumatoid services 'are failing'
(BBC 15/07/2009)
Tens of thousands of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are not being diagnosed or treated quickly enough, says a watchdog. The National Audit Office says over half a million people in England live with the disease, with 26,000 new cases a year - double the current estimate. But only a tenth are treated within three months of symptoms starting, as ideally they should be. This is because many delay seeing a GP, and RA is difficult to diagnose.
Drug slows early stage arthritis
(BBC 16/06/2009)
A drug reserved for advanced rheumatoid arthritis (RA) could save thousands of people with early stage disease from disability, say researchers. Trials show rituximab, marketed as MabThera, almost completely halts the deterioration of the joints in people showing the first signs of the disease. In Britain alone nearly 18,000 people are diagnosed with RA each year. NICE currently says rituximab should be used only if other arthritis drugs called TNF treatments have failed.
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Arthritis therapies 'ineffective'
(BBC 10/02/2009)
Most complementary therapies used by people with rheumatoid arthritis are not effective, a study has suggested. The Arthritis Research Campaign looked at the scientific evidence available for 40 treatments. Two thirds of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis and a fifth of treatments for osteoarthritis were found to be ineffective by the researchers.
How arthritis sufferers are let down by NHS targets
(Daily Mail 22/01/2009)
Thousands of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers are being let down by 'unacceptably wide variations' in care by GPs and hospitals, says a report. Patients already diagnosed with the disease are having to wait longer to be seen - or the NHS ends up paying more than double to treat them as a 'new' patient, says the report from the independent King's Fund think-tank.
Arthritis: Maeve Binchy and Martina Cole share their experiences
(Telegraph 16/01/2009)
Two bestselling novelists Maeve Binchy and Martina Cole suffer from arthritis but have refused to be downcast or to let it impede their work. Here they describe some of the prejudices they suffered and the cunning ways they devised to keep their condition secret. Both women in different ways have resolutely adapted to one of our most intractable common and poorlyunderstood diseases.
Arthritis 'woes' worse in women
(BBC 14/01/2009)
Female patients say they experience more symptoms like aches, pains and tiredness from rheumatoid arthritis even when they appear to have the same level of disease as men. The Finnish researchers believe this may be because women are naturally physcially weaker than men and thus feel the strain more. Details of their study of over 6,000 patients is published in Arthritis Research and Therapy.
'Smart drug' which halts arthritis pain 'could be here in six months'
(Daily Mail 27/10/2008)
A new 'smart drug' which halts pain and disability for almost half of rheumatoid arthritis patients could be available within six months. Findings suggest the drug stops damage to joints more than current treatment.
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