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American scientists believe a new scan can help diagnose early-stage arthritis and thereby reduce the need for later-life surgery.

London, Aug 23 : A new way of scanning joints that promises to diagnose arthritis in its early stages could soon be available, thanks to the efforts of a group of US researchers.

A new way of scanning joints which may reveal early warning signs of arthritis is being developed by US experts.

Every month more than 8,000 Canadians are diagnosed with arthritis; adding up to about 100,000 per year and about one million over the next decade.Before dismissing the disease as something that affects just older people, consider that this debilitating disease can strike anyone at any age at any time, and already affects 4.5 million Canadians, 600,000 British Columbians and about 12,500 Prince …

FRIDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) — New details about how rheumatoid arthritis destroys bone have been uncovered by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers, who said their findings are already helping efforts to create new drugs to reverse the process.

Seikagaku Corporation (SKK), the exclusive licensee of Can-Fite’s CF101 in the Japanese market, is about to commence phase-I clinical trial in Japan with CF101 for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

NYU researchers say their new MRI test can detect arthritis early, when treatments are most helpful. The technique also detects spinal disc degeneration.

Researchers have discovered key details of how rheumatoid arthritis (RA) destroys bone, according to a study published in the Aug. 22 edition of the Journal of Biological Chemistry. The findings are already guiding attempts to design new drugs to reverse RA-related bone loss and may also address more common forms of osteoporosis with a few adjustments.

Eight-year-old Tyler suffers from arthritis in his knees. The condition, brought on by his big frame, has worsened as he ages.