rheumatoid arthritis development

Researchers identify gene behind rheumatoid arthritis

harminka — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:13:43 -0600

University of Manchester researchers have identified a genetic variant in a region on chromosome 6 that is associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common inflammatory arthritis affecting 387,000 people in the UK.

Smoking, glucose tolerance increase risk of rheumatoid arthritis

harminka — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:42:16 -0500

New data presented today at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Barcelona, Spain, sheds light on the role of environmental and genetic risk factors in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Two new studies by a team in Sweden have identified smoking, a low formal level of education and certain metabolic indicators as important risk factors in the development of RA.

Breast feeding protects mother from risk of rheumatoid arthritis

harminka — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:30:50 -0500

Breast feeding for a period of thirteen months or more has been shown to reduce the mother's the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to new data presented today at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Barcelona, Spain. In the study, the longer the breast feeding period, the lower the mother's risk of developing RA in later life.

Breakthrough developments in rheumatoid arthritis

harminka — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:29:00 -0500

Peter K. Gregersen, MD, stares at x-rays of hands, searching out the telltale signs of inflamed joints and wrists from his research subjects with rheumatoid arthritis. With these clinical features at his side, he turns to the basic building blocks of life - the human genome - to figure out what makes these people susceptible to the disabling inflammatory condition.