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- RHEUMATOLOGY & ECONOMIC STUDIES: -Economic studies in rheumatology: data, perspectives, challenges
Their role in decision making Why economic studies in rheumatology? They meet two objectives: Cost-of-illness studies show the significant cost of rheumatic diseases, while ...
- LABORAL MEDICINE & RHEUMATOLOGY: -Working at arthritis
Work is important to the economics of countries and households. In modern health care, cost-effectiveness is required to justify the use of new treatments, and nothing has greater economic impact ...
- RHEUMATOLOGY & PAIN: -Knee pain common complaint in middle-aged and mature women
Study finds pain patterns vary over a 12-year period New research shows 63% of women age 50 and older reported persistent, incident, or intermittent knee pain during a 12-year study period. ...
- REUMATOLOGY: -TREATMENT OF JUVENILE ARTHRITIS: -Study identifies factors linked with better medication response for treatment of juvenile arthritis
TREATMENT OF JUVENILE ARTHRITIS CHICAGO – Among patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who initiated treatment with the drug etanercept, one-third achieved an excellent response, ...
- ARTHRITIS & EXERCISE: -Exercise eases arthritis in obese mice even without weight loss
DURHAM, N.C. – Adding another incentive to exercise, scientists at Duke University Medical Center have found that physical activity improves arthritis symptoms even among obese mice that ...
- ARTHRITIS RESEARCH AND THERAPY: - Glucocorticoid treatment may prevent long-term damage to joints
Joint injury can result in irreversible damage of cartilage which, despite treatment and surgery, often eventually leads to osteoarthritis (OA) in later life. New research published in BioMed ...
