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High uric acid raises risk of death in adults
• Children's Health • • Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 13 09
In middle-aged Chinese adults, high blood levels of uric acid are a strong predictor of death from cardiovascular disease, stroke and all causes, according…
Gene therapy promising for rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Genetics • • Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 03 09
Researchers have successfully used gene therapy to substantially reduce joint pain in two patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
These data “provide the first…
Kids with arthritis benefit from early treatment
• Children's Health • • Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jan 19 09
In children with arthritis, the time from diagnosis to the start of treatment with methotrexate appears to be an important predictor of their…
Leflunomide effective as co-therapy in RA
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jan 16 09
The immune-modulating drug leflunomide is effective as co-therapy with drugs that block the inflammation-producing protein TNF in people with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a…
Depression, pain may accompany chronic Lyme disease
• Arthritis • • Depression • • Rheumatic Diseases • Dec 26 08
Depression and the chronic pain syndrome fibromyalgia are common in patients who suffer from chronic Lyme disease and seem to correlate with poor functional…
Rheumatoid arthritis therapy has improved steadily
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Dec 16 08
The health status of people with rheumatoid arthritis improved between 1994 and 2004, according to a new study. The researchers suggest this is most…
New Therapeutic Target Identified for Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Nov 05 08
Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have identified a potential new therapeutic target that could be used to treat inflammatory disorders, such as rheumatoid…
Studies examine treatment for gout and the condition’s protective effects
• Rheumatic Diseases • Nov 04 08
The goal in treating patients with gout is to reduce acute attacks by lowering serum urate levels, which are usually high in this disease.…
Fibromyalgia can no longer be called the ‘invisible’ syndrome
• Pain • • Rheumatic Diseases • Nov 04 08
Using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), researchers in France were able to detect functional abnormalities in certain regions in the brains of patients…
Treatment Guidelines for Psoriatic Arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Oct 27 08
Rheumatologists, dermatologists, and patient advocates have come together to publish the first-ever international guidelines for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis, a disease that mainly…
New Therapy May Fight Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
• Arthritis • • Pain • • Rheumatic Diseases • Oct 26 08
A clinical trial of a novel drug known as tanezumab has shown that treatment once every eight weeks significantly reduces pain in patients with…
Rheumatoid Arthritis Can Affect Your Pearly Whites
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Oct 26 08
People with rheumatoid arthritis may be at increased risk for periodontal disease, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology…
Assessing Treatments for Lupus Nephritis in Children
• Rheumatic Diseases • Oct 26 08
The first study comparing two therapies, mycophenolate mofetil and intravenous cyclophosphamide, for the treatment of lupus nephritis in adolescents, shows that both appear safe…
Improving Outcomes for Gout Patients
• Rheumatic Diseases • Oct 26 08
Patients who have not had successful treatment for their gout may find new hope in pegloticase, according to research presented this week at the…
Ancient Chinese Exercise Relieves Knee Pain
• Alternative Medicine • • Chinese Medicine • • Pain • • Rheumatic Diseases • Oct 26 08
Tai chi is effective in the treatment of pain and physical impairment in people with severe knee osteoarthritis, according to research presented this week…
Risk of Kidney Failure Higher Among African Americans with Lupus Nephritis
• Rheumatic Diseases • • Urine Problems • Oct 26 08
Racial and ethnic disparities in systemic lupus erythematosus, and one of its worst complications, kidney failure, continue to grow in the U.S. The number…
If You Have Rheumatoid Arthritis and You Smoke, Listen Up
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 26 08
Tossing your cigarettes may help control your rheumatoid arthritis, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting…
Call for new standards of care in arthritis/rheumatism
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Oct 13 08
An online survey for World Arthritis Day (WAD), completed by over 3,600* respondents revealed that access to psychological support and self-management courses could help…
New test to diagnose osteoarthritis early
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Aug 21 08
A newly developed medical imaging technology may provide doctors with a long-awaited test for early diagnosis of osteoarthritis (OA), scientists from New York reported…
Heavy birthweight increases risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jun 30 08
People who have a birthweight over 10 pounds are twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis when they are adults compared to individuals born…
Severe lupus may respond to drug combo
• Immunology • • Rheumatic Diseases • Mar 19 08
People with severe lupus that doesn’t get better with conventional treatment may be helped with a combination of two potent drugs, Swedish researchers…