Spinal Surgery a Risk for Tiger
Tiger Woods neck injury: Can it threaten his golf career? Tiger's withdrawal from The Players Championship due to a neck injury has caused media speculation on how this might affect his career. What are the facts? The media descriptions suggest that inflammation of a spinal nerve in the neck due to damage to an intervertebral disc is the most likely diagnosis. The medical term is "cervical radiculopathy". While spontaneous improvement without treatment is a possibility, Tiger may also face the risk of spinal surgery. Non-surgical treatments, such as injections with cortisone or a newer more selective anti-inflammatory that blocks TNF (a treatment method developed at the INR® in Los Angeles), are other possibilities. With ...
Global Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapeutics Market to Exceed $23.12 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapeutics markets. The world market for rheumatoid arthritis biologic therapeutics is projected to exceed $23.12 billion by 2015. The market comprises of a sizeable, growing patient population encompassing untreated patients, patients taking DMARDs, patients taking anti-TNF therapies, and patients taking non-anti-TNF therapies. Among all therapies, anti-pro-inflammatory drugs that block the action of TNF-alpha (known as anti-TNF biologics) dominate the market.
What is Inflammatory Arthritis and Why do People With This Problem Fail Treatment?
The term 'inflammatory arthritis? refers to a number of conditions where there is obvious inflammation of the joint Sometimes the diagnosis is known? an example would be a patient with classic rheumatoid arthritis (RA)