Paget’s Disease
Title: Paget’s Disease
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 1/28/2008

Researchers Uncover New Piece To The Puzzle Of Human Height
In studies involving more than 35,000 people and a survey across the entire human genome, an international team supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found evidence that common genetic variants recently linked to osteoarthritis may also play a minor role in human height. The findings were released in the advance online publication of the journal Nature Genetics.

Arthritis Burden Soaring, Experts Say
Arthritis is exploding in an aging population of U.S. baby boomers and is projected to increase by 40% in the next two decades, according to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the National Arthritis Data Workgroup. The report reaffirms that nearly one in five U.S. adults (46 million people) have arthritis and an estimated 67 million people will be affected by 2030.