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A researcher looking at the relationship between gout and heart attacks has discovered that there is a relationship between high uric acid levels and heart failure. Eswar Krishnan, MD, assistant professor of immunology and rheumatology at Stanford University School of Medicine, has conducted a new study looking into just what that relationship is. Uric [...] Another research study presented at ACR meeting also indicates that people with RA have an increased risk of heart problems as those without RA. [...] In a third study reported on at last week’s American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) annual meeting in San Francisco, a team led Dr. Kimberly Liang, assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, found additional evidence that there is a link between RA and diastolic dysfunction. [...] In a previous post we discussed the findings of a research team from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota on the relationship between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Their report indicated that there are risk factors that can identify RA patients who are at high risk for development of [...] |
  
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