Rheumatology Xagena
The 36% of patients with refractory systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE or lupus ) remain stable after undergoing B-cell depletion therapy ( BCDT ) without needing further standard immunosuppressive ag ...
Treatment with Belimumab ( Benlysta ) resulted in a sustained improvement of systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE or lupus ) disease activity in 46% of patients at week 52.Historically, it has been diff ...
Regular exercise is recommended for middle-aged and older people, but the effect of exercise on the development of osteoarthritis in older people is unclear, especially if they are overweight. Some ...
Marked by chronic inflammation of the joints and tissue, rheumatoid arthritis is a painful and potentially disabling autoimmune disease. A wealth of research supports early aggressive treatment with d ...
Any form of arthritis that affects one or more vertebral joints, spondylarthritis ( SpA ) represents a group of closely related disorders, including ankylosing spondylitis ( AS ), psoriatic arthriti ...
Low doses of steroids can inhibit joint damage when used in the early phase of rheumatoid arthritis, according to a new review of evidence. High-quality evidence supports combining steroids with s ...
During pregnancy, women with inflammatory arthritis usually experience disease improvement or even remission, while a disease flare regularly occurs within 3 to 4 months after delivery. Prenatal di ...
The dietary supplements Glucosamine and Chondroitin sulfate proved no better than a placebo in relieving osteoarthritis knee pain in most participants of a major national trial. But the study, publish ...
Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with increased occurrence of lymphoma, which plays an integral role in the body's ability to fight infection. While various studies have affirmed this link, none hav ...
A Mayo Clinic study found that acupuncture reduces the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is a disorder considered disabling by many, and is characterized by chronic, widespread musculoskeletal ...
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found that people with rheumatoid arthritis are no more likely to have hearing loss than other members of the general population. The finding is contrary to previous ...
The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has approved the therapeutic antibody Rituxan ( Rituximab ) in combination with Methotrexate to reduce signs and symptoms in adult patients with moderatel ...
A study found that statins have beneficial effect on rheumatoid arthritis cells in vitro. Statins, a class of drugs widely used to treat high cholesterol, have also been studied for their potential ...
Smoking is the major known environmental risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis, though little is known about the mechanisms involved. HLA-DR shared epitope ( SE ) genes are a widely recognized genetic ...
Two-year study of patients with early, aggressive disease demonstrates significantly superior results of anti-TNF plus DMARD therapy over either therapy alone. A chronic and potentially crippling i ...
