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Another new drug, called Remicade, approved just a few weeks ago by the FDA, is also the focus of a JAMA report. A medication called methotrexate has long been the treatment of choice for rheumatoid arthritis. It is not an NSAID, so it doesn't cause ulcers--but for many patients it stops working after a while. More than half the people who took Remicade along with methotrexate had at least a 20% reduction in arthritis symptoms, according to the study...
...PHYSICAL A study in JAMA reports that women ages 25 to 45 who use home-exercise equipment lose more weight than those who go for brisk walks or otherwise exercise outside the home. Members of the latter group were found to be more likely to skip their regimen in bad weather or if they got delayed until after dark. Those with treadmills and such at home could more easily fit exercise into fast-changing family schedules, even as they watched over children...
Sources--Good News: FDA and New England Journal of Medicine (10/28/99); Archives of Internal Medicine (10/25/99). Bad News: JAMA (10/26/99); New England Journal of Medicine (10/28/99...
...study was published in the October 6 issue of the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA...
Sources--Good News: JAMA (10/6/99); Journal of Clinical Investigation (10/99). Bad News...