Health regulators have launched an investigation into the safety of metal-on-metal hip replacements after fears that they could cause long-term complications.
Arthritis Research UK has joined the Academy of Medical Sciences ‘Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers’ scheme as its latest funding partner, alongside the Wellcome Trust and British Heart Foundation. Applications are invited, for a deadline of 12th March 2012, for consideration by a selection panel in June 2012.
Researchers, funded by Arthritis Research UK, in Oxford are hoping to find out if a commonly-performed operation used to treat shoulder pain actually works – or whether its success can be attributed to the placebo effect.
Arthritis Research UK is announcing the support of a new patron – Sue Arnott, a rheumatoid arthritis patient and former Trustee of the charity.