Bromelain has been used for treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis pain, although there had been no controlled studies to verify its effect. That changed in 2002 with the publication of a study in the International Journal of Phytotherapy and Phytopharmacology. [...]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have been treated with several different drugs, including Enbrel (etanercept) and methotrexate. Now a study conducted in the United Kingdom indicates that treatment with a combination of Enbrel (an anti-TNF), and methotrexate increases the remission rate. Nearly 550 RA patients from Europe, Asia, Australia and Latin America, none of whom [...] Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an auto-immune disease marked by inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissue. Psoriatic arthritis is a condition related to psoriasis, a chronic skin condition that is also an auto-immune disease. Psoriatic arthritis is usually confined to the knees, ankles, and joints in the feet. Treatment for psoriatic arthritis has generally [...] Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an auto-immune, inflammatory disease. People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have higher levels of inflammatory proteins, called cytokines, and other cytokine related factors in their blood. According to a recent study, those markers are present as many as three years before any RA symptoms emerge. Previous studies have shown that other [...] I posted late last year about research that indicated women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experienced improvement in their RA symptoms during pregnancy. This research found that the relief was related to the amount of fetal DNA in their blood. The higher the level of fetal DNA, the greater the level of relief. Now there [...] A recent research study has shown that when a patient’s first Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) symptoms occur can have an impact on the severity of the disease. If the disease onset was in winter the outcome was worse six months later when compared to patients whose symptoms began in summer. Furthermore, RA patients that [...] A recent study has determined that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients that have prolonged use of drugs such as methotrexate, glucocorticoids and TNF-alpha blockers to control the disease may be protecting their hearts as well. Researchers from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain studied data from over 4300 RA patients from [...] |
  
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