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Antibiotic exposure could increase the risk of juvenile arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jul 20 15
Taking antibiotics may increase the risk that a child will develop juvenile arthritis, according to a study from Rutgers University, University of Pennsylvania and…
High-pressure oxygen can effectively treat fibromyalgia
• Arthritis • • Pain • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jul 14 15
Fibromyalgia is almost impossible to diagnose. The chronic pain syndrome strikes an estimated 1 in 70 Americans, most of them women. The disorder is…
Patients with moderate RA as likely to need joint surgery as those with high disease
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jun 10 15
The results of a study presented today at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2015) Press Conference showed that patients with Rheumatoid…
Poor sleep, negative attitude amplify pain in knee osteoarthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jun 04 15
A new study reports that patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who have poor sleep habits display greater central sensitization - an amplification of clinical…
Febuxostat More Effective Than Allopurinol at Usual Doses
• Rheumatic Diseases • May 27 15
The 2012 American College of Rheumatology gout treatment guidelines recommend titration of urate-lowering medication doses to achieve target serum uric acid (sUA) levels of…
Research ‘challenges assumption that arthritis patients take their medication regularly’
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • May 26 15
New UK research has challenged the assumption that people with rheumatoid arthritis always take their medication as prescribed.
Researchers from the Arthritis Research UK…
Team publishes findings about compound with potential for treating rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • May 22 15
Montana State University researchers and their collaborators have published their findings about a chemical compound that shows potential for treating rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis patients at increased risk of surprise heart attack
• Arthritis • • Heart • • Rheumatic Diseases • May 04 15
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are at increased risk of a surprise heart attack, according to new research presented today at ICNC 12 by Dr…
Gene variants show potential in predicting rheumatoid arthritis disease outcomes
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Apr 29 15
Arthritis Research UK-funded scientists at The University of Manchester have identified a new way in which genotyping can be used to predict disease outcomes…
Is painful knee and hand osteoarthritis in women associated with excess mortality?
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Mar 27 15
Research looking at risk of early mortality of British middle-aged women and osteoarthritis was presented today at the World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and…
Researchers find gene that confirms existence of psoriatic arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 05 15
PsA is a common form of inflammatory form of arthritis causing pain and stiffness in joints and tendons that can lead to joint damage.…
Early knee arthritis symptoms first felt when using stairs
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jan 20 15
People who suffer from knee pain when using the stairs may be experiencing the early symptoms of osteoarthritis, according to a new study by…
Family Hx Still Independent Risk Factor for RA
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Dec 08 14
The familial risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) cannot be explained fully by established genetic and environmental RA risk factors, so family history remains an…
Hip replacement an excellent option for young juvenile arthritis patients
• Children's Health • • Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Nov 17 14
When you think of hip replacement surgery, you generally envision an older adult with painful osteoarthritis. But the procedure is also used for younger…
Blocking one receptor on cells could halt rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Sep 11 14
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have shown for the first time how the activation of a receptor provokes…
6,000 steps a day keeps knee OA limitations away
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jun 12 14
A new study shows that walking reduces risk of functional limitation associated with knee osteoarthritis (OA). In fact, the study funded in part by…
Weight could be a factor in treating rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • • Weight Loss • May 26 14
People who are overweight when they are diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis are less likely to be able to control the disease well in…
Genetics can explain why infections can trigger rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Mar 27 14
A new international study has revealed how genetics could explain why different environmental exposures can trigger the onset of different forms of rheumatoid arthritis.
…Same-day double knee replacement safe for select rheumatoid arthritis patients
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Mar 15 14
Same-day bilateral knee replacement surgery is safe for select patients with rheumatoid arthritis, researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery in New York have found.
…Herbal cannabis not recommended for rheumatology patients
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 03 14
Patients with rheumatic conditions are in need of symptom relief and some are turning to herbal cannabis as a treatment option. However, the effectiveness…
Poor sleep linked to widespread pain
• Pain • • Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 19 14
Regularly feeling tired and worn out after a night’s sleep was the strongest predictor of also developing widespread pain in a new study of…
Could restless sleep cause widespread pain in older folks?
• Arthritis • • Pain • • Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 13 14
Researchers in the U.K. report that non-restorative sleep is the strongest, independent predictor of widespread pain onset among adults over the age of 50.…
All alcohol, even wine, raises risk of gout flare-ups: study
• Food & Nutrition • • Immunology • • Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 01 14
Bad news for gout sufferers who enjoy drinking the fruit of the vine - new research finds that all types of alcohol, even previously…
40 new areas in DNA that increase rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Dec 28 13
An international team of researchers has found more than 40 new areas in DNA that increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis research shows the potential of large-scale genetic studies for drug discovery
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Dec 25 13
The results of the largest international study to date into the genetic basis of rheumatoid arthritis shed light on the biology of the disease…