News
11 Mar 2016
Healthcare
- Bioibérica has developed an algorithm to calculate joint age, considering the risk factors that lead to wear and tear
- Participants answer a questionnaire and can choose to complete it with an on-site scan by a specialised sports-medicine physician
- It is calculated that, on average, marathon runners’ joints are 5 years older than their biological age
3 Mar 2016
Healthcare
The company’s Human Health Division will hold a number of meetings during this event, the largest in the world in the field of natural, organic and healthy products
19 Feb 2016
Healthcare
- Women suffering from osteoarthritis also have a 70% higher rate of hypertension and a 114% higher rate of peripheral vascular disease than women not suffering from osteoarthritis.
- Specialists point out the importance of taking into account these specific factors in women before deciding the best therapeutic approach for osteoarthritis.
10 Nov 2015
Healthcare
- This is the main conclusion of a new clinical essay that proved, by means of Quantitative Magnetic Resonance, that pharmaceutical grade chondroitin sulfate is superior to an anti-inflammatory drug (celecoxib) for delaying the disease’s progression
15 Oct 2015
Healthcare
- The most frequent are arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, gastroesophageal reflux or osteoporosis
- Fourteen percent of patients do not receive any treatment for osteoarthritis and 50% receive only paracetamol, a drug that has not been proved to be efficient against this disease