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30 Mar 2026
The medication Wegovy for obesity will not receive reimbursement
On Monday, 23 February, the Swedish Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency (TLV) announced its decision. They have declined to subsidize Wegovy, which has quickly become one of...
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27 Feb 2026
Programme about osteoarthritis
What is actually true or false about osteoarthritis? Is it a disease that only affects older people? Is exercising bad when you’re in pain?
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23 Feb 2026
New research reveals genetic puzzle pieces behind osteoarthritis
An international research team has conducted the largest genetic study ever on osteoarthritis—using data from nearly two million people. They found 962 genetic associations, more t...
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26 Jan 2026
Prestigious award of one million SEK to Leading Osteoarthritis Researcher in Lund
Research on osteoarthritis receives a significant boost as the founder and owner of Artrosportalen, Professor Martin Englund, is awarded one of the newly established medical prizes...
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3 Sep 2025
Osteoarthritis in Dinosaurs – When Prehistory Meets Modern Medicine
When we think of dinosaurs, we often imagine majestic giants that ruled the Earth millions of years ago. But even these ancient creatures were not immune to diseases familiar to hu...
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5 Jun 2025
Meet Martin Englund
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4 Jun 2025
Meet Eva Ageberg
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3 Jun 2025
Meet Carl-Johan Tiderius
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2 Jun 2025
Meet Elisabeth Brogren
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6 May 2025
Can common genetic factors be behind both osteoarthritis and cardiovascular disease?
Scientists have long tried to understand the connection between osteoarthritis, our most common joint disease, and cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and high blood pres...
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2 Apr 2025
A new study has investigated the use of the body's own fat to relieve symptoms of knee osteoarthritis
Can fat injections relieve knee osteoarthritis? Knee osteoarthritis is a common and painful joint disease that affects millions of people worldwide. Researchers are constantly loo...
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18 Dec 2024
The Arthritis Portal highlights from 2024
2024 is coming to an end, and it’s time for a retrospective on some of the things we’ve written about during the year. Perhaps you’ve missed some of the articles, or maybe you’d li...
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18 Nov 2024
OA research at Lund University - MENIX
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4 Nov 2024
OA of the wrist and fingers part: III
Here follows the third and final part of our theme on osteoarthritis of the wrist and fingers, if you have missed the two previous parts you will find these at the bottom of the pa...
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3 Oct 2024
OA of the wrist and fingers part II
The second part of our theme on osteoarthritis of the wrist and finger joints. We get to share facts and tips from Freya Kristjansdottir, Sara Larsson, and Katarina Mortazavi, all ...
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19 Sep 2024
Osteoarthritis at a molecular level - learn more!
Amanda Sjögren, whose work we have previously written about on several occasions, has now completed and had her first study published during her time as a doctoral student. Below, ...
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2 Sep 2024
Drug provided pain relief for knee osteoarthritis
In the past year, there has been much discussion about drugs developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes that have also been shown to be effective for those wishing to lose weig...
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23 Aug 2024
Osteoarthritis FAQ
The Arthritis Portal receives many emails to its contact email, which we appreciate, and we do our best to respond to them.
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9 Aug 2024
Osteoarthritis of the wrist and fingers
The Arthritis Portal strives to write about osteoarthritis in all the different joints of the body as much as possible. However, since the amount of research articles varies in dif...
