RHEUM || Rheumatoid Arthritis

Children born to mothers with RA more likely to be born early

Posted on: 13/11/2014 - 05:05

Children born to mothers with rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to be born prematurely and have a lower birth weight than are those born to mothers without the condition, according to a Danish...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Abatacept + methotrexate makes early drug-free RA remission possible

Posted on: 06/11/2014 - 19:22

Patients with early rheumatoid arthritis who achieved remission after 1 year of treatment with abatacept and methotrexate had a small but significantly greater rate of sustained remission for another...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Psoriasiform lesions linked to anti-TNF treatment

Posted on: 22/10/2014 - 17:29

VIENNA – Patients treated with an anti–tumor necrosis factor drug had a 5% annual rate of developing one or more psoriasiform skin lesions in a review of more than 400 patients who received these...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Psoriasiform lesions linked to anti-TNF treatment

Posted on: 22/10/2014 - 17:29

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Tocilizumab and tofacitinib increase lipids in RA patients

Posted on: 17/10/2014 - 22:34

Rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with the biologic tocilizumab and the Janus kinase inhibitor tofacitinib had significant changes to their lipid levels in a meta-analysis of randomized,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Biomarkers identify RA patients at risk of lung disease

Posted on: 17/10/2014 - 18:55

An international team of researchers has identified biomarkers that may help pinpoint rheumatoid arthritis patients at risk of interstitial lung disease. Dr. Juan Chen of the First Hospital of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Biosimilars poised to make biologics more routine

Posted on: 16/10/2014 - 13:00

The biosimilar age for rheumatology has arrived, and experts expect wider use of previously expensive biologic drugs as biosimilar competition drives prices down and makes biologics more...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Musculoskeletal ultrasound increased diagnostic certainty in inflammatory arthritis

Posted on: 09/10/2014 - 21:27

Musculoskeletal ultrasound was associated with more than double gains in diagnostic certainty in a prospective cohort of consecutive patients referred for the evaluation of inflammatory...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

MRI, ultrasound find RA disease activity despite clinical remission

Posted on: 09/10/2014 - 19:30

Are rheumatoid arthritis patients who are told that they meet criteria for clinical remission getting the full story? “Despite clinical remission, histology and imaging studies documented a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Combination therapy best in RA regardless of prognosis

Posted on: 09/10/2014 - 17:44

Rheumatoid arthritis patients with differing prognoses achieved similar improvements in clinical outcomes and functional improvements with initial combination therapy but fared differently when given...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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