Curcumin, the bioactive compound of turmeric, fights inflammation, making turmeric potentially useful for preventing diseases like Alzheimer's dementia (although more studies have to be done to back this claim).
This is now being studied for the purpose of treating arthritis (specifically osteoarthritis, which is caused by chronic inflammation that leads to degenerative changes of bone at knee joints and joints of the back, hence knee and back pain), as this Wall Street Journal article describes.
This is now being studied for the purpose of treating arthritis (specifically osteoarthritis, which is caused by chronic inflammation that leads to degenerative changes of bone at knee joints and joints of the back, hence knee and back pain), as this Wall Street Journal article describes.
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