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. [...]
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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 [...] 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. [...] According to a recently released study, and maybe common sense and logic, people with arthritis or fibromyalgia frequently have discomfort or problems using computers. This can contribute to work limitations. Nancy A. Baker, of the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, and team performed an analysis of data from 359 participants with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, or fibromyalgia who [...] A rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnostic tool, made by Axis-Shield of Dundee, Scotland, has been approved for use in the United States by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Approval of the testing kit was announced Friday, October 16th by the FDA. The kit is used to identify specific antibodies which show signs of RA before there [...] |
  
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