The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society has announced findings from a study conducted in partnership with The University of Manchester that investigates the impact of rheumatoid arthritis and adult juvenile idiopathic arthritis ...
Oct 12, 2017
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A team of scientists and doctors from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) has uncovered a new group of regulatory T (Treg) cells and DNA features associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the ...
Jul 14, 2017
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In the first such collaboration of its kind, an expert panel of rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons has developed guidelines for the perioperative management of anti-rheumatic medication in patients undergoing total hip ...
Jun 17, 2017
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A clinical trial funded by Arthritis Research UK and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) led by professors from the Universities of Liverpool and Bristol has discovered a drug combination that could help thousands ...
Apr 27, 2017
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(HealthDay)—For patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis refractory to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy, tocilizumab (TCZ) is beneficial, yielding improvement in all ocular parameters, ...
Mar 17, 2017
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Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors, a group of biologic drugs used to treat children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, are not associated with a significantly increased risk of cancer, according to new research findings presented ...
Nov 13, 2016
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Medical mysteries have become the topic for several popular television shows - allowing large TV audiences a quick glimpse into the challenges faced by those who suffer from rare, bizarre, or little-known illnesses. In an ...
Oct 7, 2016
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A new mechanism that affects how our immune cells perform - and hence their ability to prevent disease - has been discovered by an international team of researchers led by Cambridge scientists.
Aug 1, 2016
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, or JIA, is the most common form of childhood arthritis. It appears to be an autoimmune disease, caused by antibodies attacking certain proteins in a person's own tissue. But no "autoantigens"—the ...
Feb 25, 2016
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Scientists have calculated more precise measurements of heritability—the influence of underlying genes—in nine autoimmune diseases that begin in childhood. The research may strengthen researchers' abilities to better ...
Oct 9, 2015
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