Arthritis Care & Research

Men with fibromyalgia often go undiagnosed, Mayo Clinic study suggests

Fibromyalgia is a complex illness to diagnose and to treat. There is not yet a diagnostic test to establish that someone has it, there is no cure and many fibromyalgia symptoms—pain, fatigue, problems sleeping and memory ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Infection risk up for seniors with rheumatoid arthritis

(HealthDay) -- Elderly adults with rheumatoid arthritis have a considerable risk of serious infection, with antirheumatic drug use increasing the risk, according to a study published online July 25 in Arthritis Ca ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Aug 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gout guidelines arm patients and physicians with tools to fight painful disease

Gout is one of the most common forms of inflammatory arthritis, affecting nearly 4% of adult Americans. Newly approved guidelines that educate patients in effective methods to prevent gout attacks and provide physicians with ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Teen vitamin D intake not related to adult RA or SLE risk

(HealthDay)—Dietary vitamin D intake during adolescence does not appear to be associated with the risk of adult-onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), according to research ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Dec 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Self-management has small effect on low back pain

(HealthDay) -- Compared to minimal interventions, self-management has a small effect on pain and disability in non-specific low back pain (LBP), according to a review published online May 23 in Arthritis Ca ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Jun 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Self-efficacy predicts fibromyalgia symptomatology

(HealthDay) -- Self-efficacy is a significant predictor of fibromyalgia symptomatology, according to a study published online July 17 in Arthritis Care & Research.

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Jul 30, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Learned helplessness linked to arthritis disease outcomes

(HealthDay) -- For patients with inflammatory polyarthritis (IP), learned helplessness (LH) correlates with disease outcomes and seems to mediate the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and disease ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Aug 07, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gout is primary indication in about 0.2 percent of ER visits

(HealthDay)—Gout is the primary indication in about 0.2 percent of emergency department visits annually, according to a study published online Sept. 4 in Arthritis Care & Research.

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

One in three people with rheumatoid arthritis at high risk of repeated falls

(Medical Xpress)—One in three people with rheumatoid arthritis, regardless of their age, will fall once or more times a year, according to a new University of Manchester study.

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0