Researchers from the Barts and the London School of Medicine have found tiny structures in joints, which form as a response to the inflammation, that operate similarly to antibody-producing lymph nodes. [...]
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A Swedish graduate student has presented findings from a study to the American College of Rheumatology that found that before their diagnosis, RA patients did not have a higher risk of hear attack. After the diagnosis, however, the heart attack risk rose steadily. [...] According to a new study, people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) appear to age faster that those who do not have the disease. This may help explain why RA patients have shorter life expectancies. Researchers and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota reviewed the medical records of 755 rheumatoid arthritis patients who were diagnosed between 1955 and 2008. The [...]
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 [...] 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. [...] |
  
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