Sunday, 7 September 2008

Third Clinical Trial Shows Pine Bark Naturally Reduces Knee Osteoarthritis

�According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), osteoarthritis, the most common type of arthritis, is on the rise. A new bailiwick published in the August journal of Phytotherapy Research, reveals Pycnogenol, bark extract from the French maritime pine tree, reduced overall knee degenerative arthritis (OA) symptoms by 20.9 per centum and lowered pain by 40.3 percent. To date, this is the third clinical trial on osteoarthritis treatment with Pycnogenol. This cogitation investigated what happens to joint symptoms after treatment with Pycnogenol is complete and the results show that no relapse occurred after iI weeks. Pycnogenol acts as potent anti-inflammatory drug and the lasting personal effects found in this study suggest that Pycnogenol crataegus laevigata help the joints to recover.



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