Post a CommentFDA Approves First New Drug for Treating Gout in 40 Years
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Wed, Aug 05, 2009, 5:54 pm PDTMany of us have seen cartoon depictions of an overweight man in obvious pain with his foot swathed in bandages and propped up on a stool. The artist might even have underscored the excruciating pain of an acute…Read More
Supplements Don't Work for Osteoarthritis
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Feb 03, 2009, 4:09 pm PSTSupplements containing glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, or a combination of the two have been widely touted as treatments for the pain caused by osteoarthritis of the knees. In theory, these supplements make…Read More
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Heart Disease
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Sat, Jan 03, 2009, 7:36 pm PSTStudies carried out more that a decade ago showed that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which affects about 1 percent of the general population, had an increased risk of premature death, largely as the…Read More
You Might Want to Put off That Knee Surgery
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Oct 24, 2008, 4:07 pm PDTMany thousands of patients with painful osteoarthritis of the knees are treated each year in the U.S. by arthroscopic surgery, a minimally invasive procedure where surgical instruments are inserted into the…Read More
Can You Trust What's Published in Medical Journals?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Aug 07, 2008, 12:48 pm PDTMore and more doctors are being urged to base their patient decisions on "evidence-based medicine," in which a doctor allows the results of clinical studies to guide his treatment choices.But obviously, if…Read More
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