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Study: Chondroitin may offer little help
By The New York TimesArticle Last Updated: 04/17/2007 03:39:24 AM MDT
People looking for relief from arthritis pain often turn to the dietary supplement chondroitin, so much so that by some estimates, the market for the supplement is $1 billion a year in the United States. Despite its popularity, a study released Monday suggests that chondroitin may not offer any real benefit in advanced cases.

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Read the research behind this story in the Annals of Internal Medicine.