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https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/miguel-marx-har-analyserat-mjukdelar-fran-en-183-miljoner-ar-gammal-svanodla - 2025-09-13

See the recent article with Daniel Conley in Nature Climate Change on Connecting the Seas of Norden.The Nordic Seas are highly sensitive to environmental change and have been extensively monitored and studied across a broad range of marine disciplines. For these reasons, the Nordic seas may serve as a pilot area for integrated policy development in response to ongoing climate change.

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/connecting-seas-norden - 2025-09-13

Världens äldsta kompletta jaktvapen i trä är 200 000 år gamla, inte 300 000 som tidigare trott. Detta visar en ny datering som Zoran Perić vid Geologiska institutionen har medverkat i och som nu publicerats i Science Advances och uppmärksammats i internationella medier. Upptäckten innebär att spjuten härstammar från neandertalarna, vilket fördjupar vår förståelse för deras komplexa sociala beteend

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/varldens-aldsta-kompletta-jaktvapen-i-tra-yngre-trott-medforfattare-zoran-peric - 2025-09-13

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https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/korvformad-dvarggalax-passerade-vintergatan-flera-ganger-innan-den-slukades - 2025-09-13

In a new Swedish study by Lund University on comorbidities in osteoarthritis, researchers studied if people with osteoarthritis are at an increased risk for cancer compared to people without osteoarthritis. The study focused on the four most common cancer types, lung, colon, breast, and prostate cancer. Researchers found no differences in the risk of being diagnosed with colon cancer if you had os

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/oa-linked-cancer - 2025-09-13

Previous studies from Iceland have shown how osteoarthritis is often inherited and can be traced back several generations. A gene (genetic predisposition) is a segment of DNA containing hereditary information and is inherited from our biological parents. A new international study published in the high-ranking scientific journal Cell has discovered that a large number of genes are associated with o

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/your-genes-play-part-development-oa-and-perceived-joint-pain - 2025-09-13

Devil's Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) is a plant in the sesame family native South Africa that has long been used as a herbal medicine to treat a number of different diseases. The plant is believed to be able to reduce joint pain and joint stiffness as it is said to have analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. However, the actual properties of devil's claw are yet not fully understood. There

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/devils-claw-herbal-medicine-continued-uncertain-effect-oa-pain - 2025-09-13

Osteoarthritis has been described as the 15th most common cause of so-called “years lived with disability” (YLDs) in the world, which is a measure used to shed light on the burden of various diseases on society. According to the researchers, the economic costs caused by the disease correspond to about 1-2.5% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in most countries. A new article from a group of Ameri

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/global-burden-osteoarthritis - 2025-09-13

In a new Swedish study by Lund University, researchers looked at how common it is with comorbidities in osteoarthritis of the knee and/or hip. The study was published in the American journal Arthritis Care & Research. The study analyzed data collected from the province of Scania's population between the years 1998 and 2017. Newly diagnosed osteoarthritis patients were at a slightly higher risk of

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/common-comorbidities-osteoarthritis - 2025-09-13

Earlier in October, we reported on a research study that showed that platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections for treating osteoarthritis of the knee did not have a better effect on OA symptoms than placebo. Last week, results from a new study on PRP were published. The researchers concluded that PRP injections had no effect on ankle OA compared to placebo. The Dutch study included 100 ankle OA patie

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/effect-prp-ankle-oa-no-better-placebo - 2025-09-13

The painkiller tanezumab was not approved by the European Medicine's Agency. At the beginning of 2021, news came that tanezumab, a new pain medication, would be launched in the US and Europe.  However, in March, tanezumab suffered a setback in the United States when the US Food and Drug Administration rejected the drug for osteoarthritis pain. There was continued uncertainty about the launch of th

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/not-approved-eu-another-setback-drug-tanezumab - 2025-09-13

Tramadol is an increasingly common drug prescribed for pain. Tramadol is a synthetic opioid (manufactured in a lab) that differs somewhat in its chemical structure compared to the natural opioid codeine. Other opioids include morphine and heroin. All opioids have analgesic properties and are extremely addictive. In a new study based on primary care data from Spain, the risks of a number of side ef

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/many-risks-painkiller-tramadol - 2025-09-13

In a new meta-analysis (a compilation of results from a number of different research studies), the benefits and side effects of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), paracetamol, and opioids have been studied. The research study included data from 181 publications describing 192 clinical trials involving a total of over 100,000 patients. The researchers found that the NSAID etoricoxib (6

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/benefits-and-side-effects-common-pain-meds-osteoarthritis-knee-and-hip - 2025-09-13

A Chinese research group has compiled data from 88 different scientific studies on the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis. The studies were from all around the world and together included more than 10 million people. The researchers estimated that for individuals aged 40 years and older, the global prevalence of knee osteoarthritis is around 23%. This means that almost every fourth person over the

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/how-common-knee-osteoarthritis - 2025-09-13

PRP treatment (platelet-rich plasma) is a relatively new experimental treatment that is often marketed to be effective for patients with osteoarthritis. However, there is a lack of high-quality research claiming the effectiveness of the treatment. Researchers from Brazil have recently published results from a small clinical trial (including 61 patients) evaluating three different treatments. The p

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/prp-injections-no-more-effective-placebo - 2025-09-13

Doctors Jack Cush, Martin Englund, Gillian Hawker, Tihuna Neogi, and Kent Kwoh discuss the best OA research from the 2021 ACR (American College of Rheumatology) conference, including a new study indicating that the diabetes medicine metformin lowers the risk of developing osteoarthritis. Dr. Jack Cush is a professor of internal medicine at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, in th

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/osteoarthritis-roundtable-best-acr-conference-2021 - 2025-09-13

In a recent study, a group of scientists have evaluated the burden of osteoarthritis over the past three decades, using data from the worldwide initiative ”Global Burden of Disease study 2019.  The results show that the number of people affected by osteoarthritis has increased by about 113 percent in 30 years, from about 248 million in year 1990 to about 530 million in year 2019. The authors concl

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/increased-burden-osteoarthritis-world - 2025-09-13

Researchers from Australia have investigated the incidence of obesity in patients with OA undergoing knee replacement. In a recent study from Australia researchers have investigated the incidence of obesity in patients undergoing knee replacements because of their OA. The results were compared to the incidence of obesity in the general population. The results show that of the 56 000 patients who u

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/there-link-between-oa-and-obesity - 2025-09-13

Researchers have investigated the use of strong painkillers the years prior total knee replacement. A recent study from England and Sweden (Lund University) has investigated the number of patients with knee osteoarthritis having required treatment with opioids in the years prior to total knee replacement. Opioids are a group of strong painkillers including Morphine, Oxycodone, Tramadol and Citodon

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/frequent-use-strong-painkillers-patients-knee-osteoarthritis-years-total-knee-replacement - 2025-09-13

Example MRI images and corresponding map from the relaxation parameter T2* of meniscus samples from knees with (right) and without (left) known knee osteoarthritis. Picture: Emma Einarsson The aim of this thesis was to investigate imaging techniques to study tissues and degenerative changes related to knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is commonly affecting the knee joint. At a late stage of the

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/doctoral-thesis-imaging-techniques-studies-knee-osteoarthritis - 2025-09-13