Arthritis & Rheumatism
FDA panel rejects Pfizer's arthritis drug as too risky
U.S. health advisers sharply criticized an experimental arthritis drug Thursday, saying that it was too risky, even with limits on its use.
Mar 25, 2021
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Gout treatment success doubled by combining two drugs, study finds
By combining two medications, researchers at Michigan Medicine optimized a therapy for people with gout, a condition that causes severe damage and disability if left untreated.
May 11, 2021
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New approach to treating osteoarthritis advances
The study results revolve around the long-established idea that machines within animal and human cells turn the sugars, fats, and proteins we eat into energy used by the body's millions of cells. The molecule most used to ...
Aug 10, 2020
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Mast cells crucial to causing osteoarthritis
Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have definitively linked mast cells, a class of cells belonging to the immune system, to the development of osteoarthritis, one of the world's most common causes of pain and ...
May 16, 2019
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Factors linked to excess disability identified in rheumatoid arthritis
(HealthDay)—For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), higher pain, fatigue, and depressive symptoms are associated with increased odds of being in the high disability trajectory, despite similar levels of inflammation, ...
Mar 18, 2022
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Diet unlikely to ease progression of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis
Diet is unlikely to make any difference to the progression of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, finds a review of the existing scientific evidence, published in the open access journal RMD Open.
May 31, 2022
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Stem cell treatments for arthritic knees are unproven, expensive and potentially dangerous
Twelve patients who tried injections of stem cells were hospitalized with infections, according to a report in the New York Times that should cause patients concern. More important is that they should investigate stem cell ...
Feb 6, 2019
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New understanding of the deleterious immune response in rheumatoid arthritis
Researchers within the Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University have made a breakthrough in understanding the role played by high-risk immune genes associated with the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Apr 16, 2021
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Updated rheumatoid arthritis treatment recommendations
Since their first publication in 2010, the EULAR recommendations for the use of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic treatments (DMARDs) in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have become a most important publication in the ...
Nov 11, 2022
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Pain and fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis tied to sitting and standing time
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), pain and fatigue may both cause and be caused by more sitting time and less standing time, according to a study published in the October issue of Rheumatology.
Oct 26, 2021
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