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What we eat is known to affect overall health and the functioning of the body’s systems. Studies have shown that a Mediterranean diet, which includes olive oil, has a positive impact on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms. But until recently, there has only been anecdotal evidence of changes in diet resulting in RA symptom improvement. In addition, rheumatoid [...] Several studies have been performed on the relationship between hip or knee osteoarthritis and increased bone mineral density (BMD), but there have been few that have addressed the relationship in hand osteoarthritis. A study was published last month in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases that does just that – compare the BMD or hand osteoarthritis patients to [...] A new study by scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine suggests that a drug approved for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) reduces severe illness and death in mice exposed to the Influenza A virus. The researchers theorize that tempering the body’s immune system response to influenza infection may lessen some of the more severe [...]
T-Cell (Orange) A new one time treatment is being tested by scientists in Great Britain which could potentially “switch off” rheumatoid arthritis. The researchers are theorizing that the drug will turn off the immune system response that is the cause of the debilitating disease. This may put the RA patient into remission for years, or even [...] The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reported that an arthritis patient that had been prescribed Rituxan has died of a rare viral infection more that a year and a half after discontinuing use of the drug. [...] |
  
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