knee OA: tumeric helps
A small study confirmed symptomatic improvement for knee osteoarthritis with the spice tumeric ( see knee arthritis tumeric helps AIM2020 in dropbox, or doi:10.7326/M20-0990) Details: -- 70 people with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, older than 40yo, knee pain of at least 40 mm on the Visual analog scale (VAS) of 0-100, and symptomatic osteoarthritis along with a moderate amount of ultrasonographically-defined effusion-synovitis --Mean age 61, 56% female, BMI 30, -- mean VAS score 55, mean effusion-synovitis 24 mL, mean cartilage T2 relaxation time 44 ms, radiographic joint space narrowing in 71%, -- mean Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) score 1000 (score from 0-2400) --WOMAC pain score 200 (0-500), function score 720 (0-1700), stiffness score 92 (0-200) -- baseline pain medications: acetaminophen 22%, NSAIDs 10%, opioids 3% -- supplements: glucosamine...