This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to osteoarthritis, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on osteoarthritis. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Osteoarthritis: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Osteoarthritis; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Osteoarthritis; Chapter 5. Patents on Osteoarthritis; Chapter 6. Books on Osteoarthritis; Chapter 7. Multimedia on Osteoarthritis; Chapter 8. Periodicals and News on Osteoarthritis; Chapter 9. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 10. Dissertations on Osteoarthritis; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. Questions and Answers about Arthritis Pain; Appendix F. More on Rheumatic Diseases and Arthritis; Appendix G. NIH Consensus Statement on Total Hip Replacement; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; OSTEOARTHRITIS GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Arthrosis, Degenerative joint disease, Hypertrophic osteoarthritis, Osteoarthrosis.