Arthritis & Rheumatism

Arthritis & Rheumatism

'Mobility shoes' take a load off for knee osteoarthritis sufferers

New research suggests that patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who wear flat, flexible footwear (mobility shoes) had significant reduction in knee loading—the force placed upon the joint during daily activities. Results ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Naltrexone linked to reduction in pain in fibromyalgia

(HealthDay)—Low-dose naltrexone treatment is associated with significant reductions in pain in patients with fibromyalgia, according to a study published in the February issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Brain activity linked to TNF inhibitor response in RA

(HealthDay)—Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who respond to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) show changes in activity in pain-related areas of the brain before clinical signs of improvement are observed, according ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Simple intervention ups pneumococcal vaccination rate

(HealthDay)—Use of a simple point-of-care paper reminder form is associated with an increase in the percentage of immunosuppressed rheumatology patients who remain up-to-date with their pneumococcal vaccinations, according ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Predictors of organ damage identified in patients with SLE

(HealthDay)—Patient age, hypertension, and corticosteroid use are the most important predictors of the cumulative organ damage that occurs in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), according to research published ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Immunogenicity strongly impacts response to adalimumab in RA

(HealthDay)—For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), long-term clinical outcomes are good with etanercept and adalimumab; but for adalimumab, treatment response is strongly dependent on the presence or absence of anti-adalimumab ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Arthritis cartilage shows mitochondrial dysfunction

(HealthDay)—Cartilage from osteoarthritis patients shows greater oxidative damage and mitochondrial dysfunction than healthy cartilage, which is associated with the downregulation of the superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2) gene, ...

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