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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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 (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