rheumatoid arthritis patients

ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- More data were presented here linking shingles attacks and de novo chicken pox with drugs inhibiting tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

(European League Against Rheumatism) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients from Brazil and Rheumatoid Arthritis patients from France report that their rheumatic conditions negatively affect their emotional relationships and sex lives, according to research presented today at EULAR 2010, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Rome, Italy.

Furthermore, findings of the French study specifically revealed a strong correlation between RA disease severity and impact on sex life.

(Wiley-Blackwell) A recent study by Swedish researchers found that rheumatoid arthritis patients did not experience an elevated cancer risk in the first six years after starting anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy.

Details of the study appear in the November issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology published by Wiley-Blackwell.

PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- Two new studies failed to find a solid link between anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy and infections among rheumatoid arthritis patients.