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Researchers identify new target for rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jan 26 13
Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have identified a potential new target for drugs to treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a protein known…
Newly approved oral medication slows rheumatoid arthritis joint damage
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jan 24 13
A Phase 3 clinical trial demonstrates that tofacitinib improves disease activity and inhibits progression of joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who did…
Rush University Medical Center scientists home in on cause of osteoarthritis pain
• Pain • • Rheumatic Diseases • Dec 30 12
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center, in collaboration with researchers at Northwestern University, have identified a molecular mechanism central to the development of osteoarthritis…
Rheumatoid arthritis patients can get gout too, Mayo Clinic Study finds
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Nov 11 12
Refuting a belief long held by many physicians, a Mayo Clinic study found that rheumatoid arthritis patients also can get gout. The research is…
More doctors use ultrasound to diagnose, manage rheumatic diseases
• Rheumatic Diseases • Oct 29 12
More rheumatologists are embracing musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) to diagnose and manage rheumatic diseases. In response, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) assembled a task…
Can a few cherries a day keep gout away?
• Arthritis • • Dieting • • Rheumatic Diseases • Oct 13 12
Cherries may no longer be for just topping off ice cream sundaes; in a new study of people with gout, eating the fruit was…
Eating Cherries Lowers Your Gout Attack Risk
• Arthritis • • Food & Nutrition • • Rheumatic Diseases • Sep 30 12
Eating cherries over a two-day period reduced the risk of gout attacks by 35%, according to a new study led by Boston University (BU)…
Gout guidelines arm patients and physicians with tools to fight painful disease
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Sep 28 12
Gout is one of the most common forms of inflammatory arthritis, affecting nearly 4% of adult Americans. Newly approved guidelines that educate patients in…
Learning requires rhythmical activity of neurons
• Neurology • • Rheumatic Diseases • Sep 26 12
The hippocampus represents an important brain structure for learning. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich discovered how it filters electrical…
Raised antibody levels linked to greater long term risk of rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Sep 06 12
Men and women with raised levels of an antibody known as rheumatoid factor in their blood have up to a 26-fold greater long term…
Infections in rheumatoid arthritis patients: Mayo Clinic study finds way to pinpoint risk
• Arthritis • • Infections • • Rheumatic Diseases • Sep 05 12
Rheumatoid arthritis alone is painful and disabling, but it also puts patients at higher risk of death. The greater susceptibility to infections that accompanies…
Cancer screening rates comparable for those with and without rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Cancer • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jul 10 12
New research reveals that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients do not receive fewer cancer screening tests than the general population. Results of the study, funded…
Smoking negatively affects response to anti-TNF treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 08 12
A new study presented today at EULAR 2012, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, reinforces current thinking that smoking negatively affects…
Scientists identify new target to battle rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • May 20 12
A new study led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery identifies the mechanism by which a cell signaling pathway contributes to the development…
Tofacitinib Recommended for FDA Approval to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • May 09 12
The Arthritis Advisory Committee to the U.S. FDA has voted 8-2 to recommend approval of tofacitinib for the treatment of adult patients with moderately…
Regulatory Immune Cell Diversity Tempers Autoimmunity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • May 08 12
Untangling the root cause of rheumatoid arthritis has been a difficult task for immunologists, as decades of research has pointed to multiple culprits in…
Biologic Saves Joints in Psoriatic Arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • May 02 12
Patients with psoriatic arthritis had minimal structural changes in their joints with golimumab through 2 years of treatment, a researcher reported here.
The mean…
Children with juvenile arthritis have higher rates of bacterial infection
• Children's Health • • Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Apr 30 12
Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) have higher rates of hospitalized bacterial infection than children without JIA according to an observational study appearing in…
Rheumatic heart disease is significantly under-treated in Africa and India
• Heart • • Rheumatic Diseases • Apr 22 12
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is significantly under-treated in Africa and India according to the preliminary findings of a new global study presented today at…
New Guidelines Focus on Early RA Treatment
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Apr 02 12
As a response to the rapidly changing world of rheumatoid arthritis treatment, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has issued an update to its…
Mortality Up in RA when Statins Stopped
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Mar 29 12
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who stop taking their statins are at greatly increased risk of death, a longitudinal study found.
After adjustment for variables…
Stopping statin therapy increases risk of death for rheumatoid arthritis patients
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Mar 28 12
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who discontinue use of statin therapy are at increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease and other causes. According…
Cold-water baths may soothe aches, risks
• Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 21 12
Taking a dip in a tub of cold water after exercising may prevent muscle soreness, but a new look at past research says little…
Few rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials compare drugs: study
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 18 12
To test whether a new drug is an improvement over existing treatments, the ideal clinical trial would compare the medications head to head, but…
Exercise in early 20s may lower risk of osteoporosis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 14 12
Physical exercise in the early twenties improves bone development and may reduce the risk of fractures later in life, reveals a study of more…