Researchers at Imperial College London (officially The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) have identified a protein that acts as a “master switch” for certain white blood cells to govern whether they increase or impede inflammation. The results of this study could lead to the development of new treatments for inflammatory diseases, such [...]
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A team of researchers St. James Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, conducted a study that found the erectile dysfunction (ED) has a higher prevalence in men who have rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Previous studies have linked erectile dysfunction to vascular events, such as stroke and heart attacks, but this study indicates that there is also a [...] In April of 2007, NICE recommended that if a rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patient did not respond to 1 of 3 approved anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) drugs they could not try one of the others. But after months of campaigning by 2,000 members of the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society, drug companies and patients groups, NICE has agreed to reconsider its previous recommendation. [...] According to researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) appears to be increasing in women after 40 years of decline. [...] Women who do not have children appear to develop arthritis, including psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), more than 5 years earlier than women who have given birth. This according to a study conducted by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. There have been prior studies which have shown that pregnancy [...] Occupational therapy improves hand strength in RA patients The results of a new small French study indicate that occupational therapy for the wrist and hand may be beneficial for people with early stage rheumatoid arthritis (RA). During the progression of rheumatoid arthritis, hand function problems frequently become an impediment to normal daily activities. Studies [...] 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 [...] |
  
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