A diet and exercise program delivered in community settings may improve some clinical outcomes for people with knee osteoarthritis and overweight or obesity, suggest findings from the WE-CAN pragmatic randomized controlled trial.

Overweight or obese people with knee osteoarthritis may benefit from a diet- and exercise-focused telehealth intervention, which researchers have shown can improve pain and function over 6 months.

The investigation included 47 individuals who received specialist nutritional advice for a 6-month period with the aim of improving adherence to the Mediterranean diet and 63 of their counterparts who were not following a specific diet.

Following the Mediterranean diet could help reduce the risk for rheumatoid arthritis among women who smoke, research findings indicate.

Targeting weight loss with a very-low-calorie diet may improve measures of disease activity among obese patients with psoriatic arthritis, researchers report.

Targeting weight loss with a very-low-calorie diet may improve measures of disease activity among obese patients with psoriatic arthritis, researchers report.

A meta-analysis published in The BMJ suggests that diet only explains a small proportion of variation in serum uric acid levels, with genetic variation making a much larger contribution to hyperuricemia risk.

A meta-analysis published in The BMJ suggests that diet only explains a small proportion of variation in serum uric acid levels, with genetic variation making a much larger contribution to hyperuricemia risk.

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the Mediterranean diet and risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), taking RA subtype, gender and other RA risk factors into account [ read more ]. Johansson K et al. Arthritis Res Ther 2018; 20: 175. doi: 10.1186/s13075-018-1680-2

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet is “an attractive preventive dietary approach” for men at risk for gout, researchers report.

This summary of systematic reviews and meta-analyses addresses the benefits and risks of dietary protein intakes for bone health in adults [ read more ]. Rizzoli R et al. Osteoporos Int 2018; Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00198-018-4534-5

The second study, from Karin Wadström (Lund University, Malmö, Sweden) and co-authors, investigated whether biomarkers of inflammation were associated with the development of GCA among 30,447 people who were included in the Malmö Diet Cancer Study in 1991–1996.

The higher prevalence of gout among Black men and women than their White counterparts is related to diet, social determinants of health, and chronic kidney disease, indicates research published in JAMA Network Open .

Nevertheless, “[p]reventing gout flares with diet and uric acid lowering likely represents the most important therapeutic opportunity to reduce gout flares and their associated risk of cardiovascular events,” they conclude. medwireNews is an independent medical news service provided by Springer Healthcare Ltd. © 2022 Springer Healthcare Ltd, part of the Springer Nature Group JAMA 2022; 328 : 440–450 JAMA 2022; 328 : 425–426

Results from a post-hoc analysis suggest that increased dietary vitamin K intake is associated with greater improvement in symptoms among patients with knee osteoarthritis, warranting further examination in clinical trials.