1. Web alert

   News Pages: 1 - 2

2. Literature alert

   Abstract Pages: 3 - 4

3. Genetics of osteoarthritis

   • Joanne M. Jordan
   • Virginia B. Kraus
   • Marc C. Hochberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 13

4. Does osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine cause chronic low back pain?

   • David Borenstein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 14 - 19

5. Outcome measures in osteoarthritis: Randomized controlled trials

   • Vibeke Strand
   • Ariella Kelman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 20 - 30

6. Gene therapies for osteoarthritis

   • Christopher H. Evans

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 40

7. The use of glucosamine therapy in osteoarthritis

   • Djamila Zerkak
   • Maxime Dougados

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 45

8. The use of intermittent human parathyroid hormone as a treatment for osteoporosis

   • Chad Deal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 58

9. An update on bisphosphonates

   • Stanley B. Cohen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 65

10. US and UK guidelines for glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: Similarities and differences

    • Juliet Compston

    OriginalPaper Pages: 66 - 69

11. Bone disease in pediatric rheumatologic disorders

    • Jon M. Burnham
    • Mary B. Leonard

    OriginalPaper Pages: 70 - 78

12. Is it ethical to use placebos in osteoporosis clinical trials?

    • Nelson B. Watts

    OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 84