Not exact matches
«For many years, the
rheumatology and dermatology communities have been trying to understand which patients with psoriasis go on to
develop psoriatic arthritis and how we might detect it earlier in the disease course,» explained senior investigator Cheryl Barnabe, MD, MSc, of the McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health and the O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
A new study published online in the journal
Rheumatology has found that the lower the ratio between a person's index finger (2D) and their ring finger (4D), the higher their risk of
developing severe osteoarthritis in their knees, requiring a total knee replacement.
Co-author Professor Cyrus Cooper, Professor of
Rheumatology and Director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, says: «Our unit seeks to
develop interventions to improve bone health early in life.
Tumor necrosis factor inhibitor drugs (commonly called Anti-TNFs) modestly reduce the risk of acute coronary syndrome, such as heart attacks and angina, in rheumatoid arthritis patients whose inflammation places them at higher risk of
developing coronary heart disease, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of
Rheumatology Annual Meeting in San Diego.
In a study published in Arthritis &
Rheumatology, trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in civilian women were strongly associated with increased risk of
developing lupus, an autoimmune disease.
Mayo Clinic last year established a Cardio -
Rheumatology Clinic to prevent heart disease in patients with chronic inflammatory forms of arthritis and to catch it early if it
develops.
The results of a study presented at the Annual European Congress of
Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 press conference confirmed the link between active smoking and the risk of
developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
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