Press releases

Our press office is happy to assist with media enquiries about our research into arthritis, and can provide information, case studies and experts on request for national and regional media.

If you wish to contact our press officer Jane Tadman please email us or telephone 01246 558033. For out of hours media queries call 07974 203828.

New Edinburgh osteoporosis research to investigate effects of cannabis on thinning bones

New Edinburgh osteoporosis research to investigate effects of cannabis on thinning bones

Scientists are to recruit 200 heavy cannabis users to investigate whether the drug has a harmful affect on users’ bones.

Published on 17 March 2008

Children with arthritis in Glasgow in major new foot care trial

Children with arthritis in Glasgow in major new foot care trial

Up to 60 children and young people in Glasgow suffering from arthritis are to take part in a major new study aimed at reducing pain, stiffness and deformity in their feet.

Published on 01 February 2008

New research could help back pain sufferers to stay in work

New research could help back pain sufferers to stay in work

New research to be carried out in Nottingham could have a major impact on the way that people struggling with low back pain are helped to stay in work.

Published on 01 February 2008

Back pain patients in new Leeds-based physiotherapy trial

Back pain patients in new Leeds-based physiotherapy trial

People in Leeds with a severe form of back pain are to take part in a new clinical trial to be run in the city to find out if six weeks of physiotherapy and excercise can relieve their agony.

Published on 01 January 2008

Surgeon wins new funding for arthritis pain research

Surgeon wins new funding for arthritis pain research

An Oxford trainee surgeon has been awarded a prestigious new fellowship from a medical research charity to find out more about understanding pain in hip arthritis using brain imaging.

Published on 01 January 2008

Help us find the cause of osteoarthritis

Help us find the cause of osteoarthritis

The Arthritis Research Campaign (arc) is recruiting patients to take part in its £2.2m arcOGEN study to find the genes responsible for causing osteoarthritis.

Published on 01 January 2008

New research into rare but serious childhood muscle disease

New research into rare but serious childhood muscle disease

A young Bath medic has been awarded a prestigious year-long fellowship to find out more about a rare but serious muscle disease affecting children and teenagers.

Published on 01 January 2008

Double-jointed teenagers in new chronic pain research

Double-jointed teenagers in new chronic pain research

Teenagers in Bristol are to take part in a major new research project aimed at finding out if children who are double-jointed are at increased risk of developing joint and muscle pain during adolescence.

Published on 01 January 2008

Back pain patients in major new acupuncture study

Back pain patients in major new acupuncture study

People in Hampshire and Dorset who are receiving acupuncture for their back pain are to take part in a major new study to find out why some patients get better pain relief than others.

Published on 01 January 2008

Rheumatoid arthritis patients now being recruited to take part in major statins trial

Rheumatoid arthritis patients now being recruited to take part in major statins trial

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) suffers attending a number of hospitals around the UK are being invited to take part in a major new trial to find out if taking statins reduces the number of patients dying of heart attacks and strokes.

Published on 03 December 2007

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