As part of the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project, Dr. Joanne Jordan, director of the University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center, and colleagues have found that African Americans are not protected from osteoarthritis of the hip as once thought. It is a wake up call for everyone ? patients and physicians. The study was published in the March 13, 2009 issue of the Journal of Rheumatology.

Submitted by the University of North Carolina