rheumatoid arthritis

The New Arthritis Breakthrough: The Only Medical Therapy Clinically Proven to Produce Long-term Improvement and Remission of

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:02:10 -0600

Henry Scammell

If you have found this page you are, or you care about, an arthritis patient. You should read this book. I did, and after 27 years with severe psoriatic arthritis, my life is totally changed: after ten months on doxycycline, swelling, pain and fatigue are...

Wide variability in rheumatoid arthritis drug suggests alternati...

admin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:00:00 -0600

(Wiley-Blackwell) Methotrexate is commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and is suggested as the "anchor" drug in treating the disease. Despite its widespread use, the understanding of its mechanism of action and pharmacokinetics is limited.

Medicaid policies vary widely for rheumatoid arthritis drugs

admin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:00:00 -0600

(Wiley-Blackwell) Patients with inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis now have many more treatment options than in the past, including biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.

ACR: Biologics Seen Safe for Long-Term Use in Juvenile Rheumatoi...

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:57:34 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Long-term, continuous use of biologics may be safe for children with rheumatoid arthritis, according to two studies reported here.

RA Diagnosis Doubles Heart Attack Odds

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:13:06 -0500

Getting a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis doubles the risk of having a heart attack within the next 10 years, according to a team of Swedish researchers.

Rheumatoid Arthritis May Be Up in Women

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:47:24 -0500

Rheumatoid arthritis appears to be increasing among women, but not men, after 40 years of decline, according to Mayo Clinic researchers.

Jab hope for rheumatoid arthritis

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:55:42 -0500

A monthly injection could halt rheumatoid arthritis in half of all patients, trial data suggests.

Quit Smoking to Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis

admin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:45:12 -0500

People with rheumatoid arthritis may be able to reduce the pain, stiffness, and other symptoms of their disease by quitting smoking, new research indicates.

Rheumatoid arthritis rising among women

admin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(Mayo Clinic) After four decades on the decline, rheumatoid arthritis is on the upswing among women in the United States. That's the finding presented by Mayo Clinic investigators at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals in San Francisco.

Astroturf Grows in Britain

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0500

This is just in case anyone thought this was only an American pheonomenon. As reported by the Independent.

The rising tide of protest over the refusal by the NHS to provide expensive drugs for cancer and other conditions is being funded by the pharmaceutical industry, an investigation by The Independent has revealed.

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