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Salk Discovery May Lead to Safer Treatments for Asthma, Allergies And Arthritis
Scientists have discovered a missing link between the body’s biological clock and sugar metabolism system, a finding that may help avoid the serious side effects of drugs used for treating asthma, allergies and arthritis. In a paper published last...
Intestine Crucial to Function of Immune Cells, Research Shows
Researchers at the University of Toronto have found an explanation for how the intestinal tract influences a key component of the immune system to prevent infection, offering a potential clue to the cause of autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis...
Tweaking Withdrawal of Rheumatoid Arthritis Medications Before Surgeries May Reduce Disease Flares
As guidelines recommend, doctors appear to be stopping anti-TNF medications before surgery, but may be doing so far sooner than is necessary, according to a new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery. These medications are used to treat...
Cleveland Clinic Study Discovers New Targets for Treating Inflammatory, Autoimmune Diseases
Researchers have discovered a cellular pathway that promotes inflammation in diseases like asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, and multiple sclerosis. Understanding the details of this pathway may provide opportunities...
Poor Footwear Linked to Foot Impairment And Disability in Gout Patients
New research shows that use of poor footwear is common among patients with gout. According to the study published today in Arthritis Care & Research, a peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), gout patients who make poor...
Achieving Realistic Physical Activity Goals Benefits RA Patients
Researchers from The Netherlands report that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have higher levels of self-efficacy for physical activity are more likely to achieve their physical activity goals. According to the study now available in Arthritis...
Studies Show Vectra DA Can Track Early Response to Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy
Crescendo Bioscience™ has announced data indicating that Vectra™ DA, a first-in-class multi-biomarker blood test used to assess rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity, provides physicians with an objective measure which may help determine whether...
Targeting Disease Remission has Socio-economic Benefits Over Low Disease Activity
Achieving disease remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) provides superior outcomes across measures of socio-economic importance including work productivity and quality of life according to results presented today at EULAR 2010, the Annual...
