rheumatoid arthritis

Working environment is 1 cause of rheumatoid arthritis

harminka — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:21:08 -0500

It has long been known that environmental factors play a part in the development of rheumatoid arthritis; smoking and drinking alcohol, along with heredity, are particularly instrumental in increasing the risk of the disease.

New drug target for inflammatory disease

harminka — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:28:51 -0500

UC Davis researchers have defined a cellular process that promotes inflammation and, at the same time, found an important starting point for identifying and testing new drugs for diseases such as sepsis, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease and some cancers.

Gender differences in experience of rheumatism

harminka — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:12:46 -0500

Rheumatoid arthritis is often a more painful experience for women than it is for men, even though the visible symptoms are the same. Scientists are now saying that doctors should take more account of these subjective differences when assessing the need for medication.

B cells can act alone in autoimmune disease

harminka — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:18:40 -0500

B cells, the source of damaging autoantibodies, have long been thought to depend upon T cells for their activation and were not considered important in the initiation of autoimmune diseases like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis.

Pen Injectors Becoming Dominant Force in Many Therapeutic Sectors

mksmith — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:21:50 -0500

Greystone Associates Assessment Identifies a Number of Therapy Areas Where Pens are Achieving Double-Digit Growth

Regional Factors Add Complexity to Autoimmune Disease Drug Development

mksmith — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:05:24 -0500

Applied Data Research Survey Examines Evolving Technology and Strategic Factors

New guidelines for treating rheumatoid arthritis

harminka — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:09:17 -0500

Proven combinations of medicines and the introduction of new anti-arthritis drugs have significantly improved the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to guidelines issued by the American College of Rheumatology and co-authored by physicians at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

Could arthritis wonder drugs provide clues for all disease?

harminka — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:29:16 -0500

Drugs that have helped treat millions of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers may hold the key to many more medical conditions, including atherosclerosis – a leading cause of heart disease – says the researcher who jointly invented and developed them.

Heavy birthweight babies twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis

harminka — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:10:33 -0500

Heavy birthweight female babies are twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis in adulthood as their average birthweight peers, suggests research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Oily fish can protect against rheumatoid arthritis

harminka — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:49:07 -0500

New data presented today at EULAR 2008, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Paris, France, show that intake of oily fish is associated with a reduced risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), whereas psychosocial work stress and smoking can increase the risk of developing the condition.

CV risk management should be mandatory in Rheumatoid arthritis

harminka — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:51:01 -0500

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients should undergo compulsory cardiovascular (CV) risk management and existing CV risk calculators should be adapted to the increased CV risk in inflammatory rheumatic disease patients, the EULAR Task Force on 'Cardiovascular Risk Management in RA' recommended today at EULAR 2008, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Paris, France.

Rheumatoid arthritis factors equal to cardiovascular factors in risk of cardiovascular events

harminka — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:23:12 -0500

Certain cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease factors have a similar effect on an RA patient's risk of experiencing myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke, according to a new study presented today at EULAR 2008, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Paris, France.