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- RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: -IgA antibodies valuable predictor of RA prognosis
Arthritis Res Ther 2008; Advance online publication The presence of IgA class antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides (IgA anti-CCPs) identifies patients with early rheumatoid arthritis ...
- RHEUMATOLOGY : Post-surgery cytokine response predominantly local in RA patients
Rheumatol Int 2008; 28: 667-671.- The cytokine response to joint surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is predominantly a local, rather than a systemic, reaction, researchers report. ...
- RHEUMATOLOGY: LIMPHOMA RISK IN POLYARTHRITIS: Increased lymphoma risk for polyarthritis patients
Arthritis Rheum 2007; 56: 790–798 Arthritis patients with inflammation in multiple joints have an increased risk of blood cancers such as lymphoma, UK study results indicate. However, they are no ...
- POWER DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY & EARLY SYNOVIAL INFLAMMATION DETECTION: Power Doppler sonography reveals sub-clinical juvenile RA
Rheumatol Int 2008; 28: 573-578 Power Doppler sonography holds "great promise" for allowing clinicians to detect the synovial inflammation that precedes juvenile-onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA), say ...
- CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME: Data study suggests cortisol could alleviate for chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia
¿Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) are two serious and debilitating diseases with no confirmed cause and limited treatment options. However, results of a new comprehensive ...
- AR & CV RISK: Prevalence of RA comorbidities 'higher than expected'
Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 418-421 The frequency at which rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is accompanied by comorbid conditions such as hypertension or diabetes is often higher than might be expected, an ...
- THROMBOSIS: Increased platelet activation markers in rheumatoid arthritis: Are they related with subclinical atherosclerosis?
ABSTRACT: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular mortality is increased in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. We evaluated the association of inflammatory response with platelet, endothelial, coagulation ...
- RHEUMATOLOGY: A new view of drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis
Powerful drugs used to treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a profound, previously unrecognized effect on the immune system, breaking up molecular “training camps” for rogue cells that play ...
- RHEUMATOLOGY: Efficacy of modified-release versus standard prednisone to reduce duration of morning stiffness of the joints in rheumatoid arthritis (CAPRA-1): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial
Summary & Background Circadian rhythms are changed in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A new modified-release delivery system has been developed which adapts the release of the administered ...
- REUMATOLOGY: Strength training relieves chronic neck pain
For women with chronic pain in the trapezius muscle, the muscle that extends along the back of the neck, high-intensity strength training targeting the neck and shoulder muscles provides long-lasting ...
- PROTECTION FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: Noninherited maternal HLA-DR antigens protect against RA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2007; 104: 19966-70 Researchers have found that not only inherited but also noninherited human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) from the mother (NIMA) can ...
- DERMATOLOGY & RHEUMATOLOGY: Methotrexate 'only partially effective against early psoriatic arthritis'
Clin Rheumatol 2007; Advance online publication Methotrexate inhibits the pathogenesis of early psoriatic arthritis incompletely, although early treatment leads to better outcomes, Italian study ...
- Researchers report promising results from preliminary study of botox for shoulder pain
Botox may ease arthritis shoulder pain Nov. 9, 2007 -- Researchers today reported that Botox shots may ease arthritis-related joint pain. They studied 43 people with moderate, long-lasting shoulder ...
- RHEUMATOLOGY: PARADIGMATIC FIND?: New insights into inflammation in osteoarthritis
Study indicates role of inflammatory mechanism distinct from joint cartilage. The most common degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis (OA) is marked by the breakdown of articular cartilage, which ...
- MANAGEMENT & QUALITY IN AR MORTALITY? The widening mortality gap between people with rheumatoid arthritis and the general population
Life expectancy for RA patients has not improved over the past 4 decades, finds Mayo Clinic study, indicating urgent need for improved intervention strategies An autoimmune inflammatory disease that ...
