Effect of Dietary Polyphenols on Osteoarthritis-Molecular Mechanisms.

Osteoarthritis is a common crippling and degenerative disease resulting in irreversible functional changes due to damage of the cartilage and other tissues of the joint. With limited safe and effective pharmaceutical treatments, the demand and use for alternative therapeutic approaches with symptomatic relief for OA patients have increased. Clinical, pre-clinical, and in vitro studies have demonstrated that polyphenols can exert pain-relieving symptoms coupled with increased functional capacity in OA models.

Early neonatal universal ultrasound screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip: a single institution observational study.

Objective: We evaluated the effect of early universal ultrasound (US) screening program for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH).

Methods: A total of 21,676 newborns between 2006 and 2015 were included in the study. All hips were examined by US within the first week of life.

Silver Fir ( L.) Polyphenolic Extract Shows Beneficial Influence on Chondrogenesis In Vitro under Normal and Inflammatory Conditions.

Several plant polyphenols have been shown to reduce osteoarthritis symptoms due to their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties. We investigated the effects of two different polyphenolic extracts (Belinal, Pycnogenol) and two different polyphenols (resveratrol, quercetin) on the chondrogenic potential of bone-derived mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) from healthy donors and patients with osteoarthritis. Our main aim was to determine whether Belinal, a commercially available polyphenolic extract from silver fir ( L.