Sentences with phrase «many rheumatic diseases»

Already, it has seen revenues pass $ 1 billion, with medicines primarily for rare and rheumatic diseases.

The Arthritis Foundation's JA camp programs give kids with arthritis and related childhood rheumatic diseases the chance to make lasting memories!

«Arthritis» is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a group of rheumatic diseases and related conditions.

About 25 % of cases of TR are caused by rheumatic disease, endocarditis, carcinoid disease, traumatic injury, or pacemakers / defibrillators.

Primary SjS occurs in people with no other rheumatic disease; secondary SjS occurs in people who have another rheumatic disease, most often lupus and RA.

Patients newly diagnosed with primary SjS (in people with no other rheumatic disease) were around 11 times more likely to have had a prior infection with NTM than a matched group of controls.

Biologics are a lifeline for patients living with rheumatic disease, helping many to avoid pain, long - term disability, and life - threatening complications.

«The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the approval of Inflectra (infliximab - dyyb), the first biosimilar to receive approval in the U.S. for the treatment of rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis.

Reactivation of HBV may occur with chemotherapy, organ and tissue transplantation, High dose corticosteroids, and biologicals targeting tumor necrosis factor - alpha (TNF - α), Anti-TNF medications are used in treating rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, digestive conditions that include Crohn's and colitis, and dermatologic conditions, such as psoriasis.

JIA is the most common chronic rheumatic disease of childhood, affecting between 20 and 150 children per 100,000 at any one time.

«Diabetes more frequent in children with chronic rheumatic disease: Further research into link between Type 1 diabetes and Juvenile Inflammatory Arthritis may lead to new treatments.»

They also looked at heart disease deaths among 813 people without the rheumatic disease.

As part of that effort, rheumatologists and cardiologists established Mayo's Cardio - Rheumatology Clinic two years ago to pioneer new heart disease diagnostic, prevention and treatment tools for patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic diseases.

The risk tool could also benefit people with other inflammatory rheumatic diseases that carry higher heart disease risk, such as lupus and psoriatic arthritis.

Rheumatic diseases are more severe in Native Americans — affecting more joints and the symptoms progressing more rapidly than in Caucasians — but the reasoning for this is poorly understood because most of the medical information is based on Caucasians.

Her current duties as a research assistant to pediatric rheumatologist James Jarvis include finding possible genetic and / or environmental causation to the severity of rheumatic diseases in Native American communities.

«New medication guidelines for rheumatic disease patients having joint replacement: Guidelines aim to reduce risk of infection after knee or hip replacement.»

Thyroid disease is more common than in both control groups; type 1 diabetes is more common than in the group that had heart surgery with the thymus intact; and rheumatic diseases and hypersensitivity to gluten are more common than among those who did not undergo surgery.

A first group consisted of patients with lupus, a systemic chronic rheumatic disease.

Biologic medications should be withheld as close to one dosing cycle as scheduling permits prior to elective hip or knee replacement and restarted after evidence of wound healing, typically 14 days, for all patients with rheumatic diseases.

What is clearly evident in the Swedish health care registers is the fact that those who lack a thymus have an increased incidence of autoimmune diseases in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissue; Type 1 diabetes; thyroid disease; rheumatic disease; and hypersensitivity to gluten.

As a teacher, supervisor, researcher and clinician in health psychology, she brings expertise of being a member of a multidisciplinary team and delivers treatment to patients suffering from a diverse range of disorders including the following: depression, anxiety, trauma, sleep disorders, disorders of self - regulation, stress induced illness, headaches, gastroenterological disorders, rheumatic diseases, cancer, and chronic pain.

During his residency training, he extended his interest to the clinical aspect of bone pathologies as well as ocular manifestations of rheumatic diseases and uveitis.

Research has also linked curcumin to potential uses in managing arthritis as well as various rheumatic diseases and even as a potential agent to destroy cancer cells.

In another related study concerning a rheumatic disease of joints, the shogaol compounds in ginger showed strong anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.

Used in ancient times to alleviate cramp like symptoms, promote smooth functioning of the endocrine glands, protect joints from wear and tear, alleviate arthritic and rheumatic diseases, and also assists with improving blood circulation, energy, detoxification, reducing inflammation, stabilizing metabolism and improving oxygen use.

However, it's important to bear in mind that heart disease risk isn't limited to Ankylosing Spondylitis only; a vast majority of rheumatic diseases are linked with higher odds of cardiovascular diseases.

Thyroid dysfunction and rheumatic diseases.

Abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract are commonly found in rheumatic disease... Support for an intestinal origin of antigens comes from studies of patients whose joint symptoms have improved on the avoidance of certain foods antigens, and become worse on consuming them.

Peretz, A., Neve, J., Jeghers, O., and Pelen, F. Zinc distribution in blood components, inflammatory status, and clinical indexes of disease activity during zinc supplementation in inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

Situated in the Northern Great Plain this excellent thermal water is suitable for curing mainly rheumatic diseases, however this thermal complex has children's pool as well as a 50 metre swimmers pool.

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She is well known for her research on stress and coping processes among individuals, couples, and families facing rheumatic disease and cancer.

Rheumatic diseases are more common in girls and affect about 200,000 children in the United States.

Pediatric rheumatic diseases (PRDs) are chronic multisystem disorders, involving acute and chronic tissue inflammation of the musculoskeletal system, blood vessels, and skin (Cassidy & Petty, 1995).

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is the most common PRD, accounting for 75 % to 83 % of rheumatic diseases affecting children.

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No one worries about dying from tertiary syphilis, diphtheria or rheumatic heart disease.

«Double danger: The peril of childbirth for women with rheumatic heart disease.»

Rheumatic fever, which usually starts as strep throat, was essentially eliminated as a life - threatening disease with the use of penicillin in the early 20th century.

Today, most people in the United States rarely think of rheumatic heart disease (RHD)-- or the rheumatic fever that causes it — as more than a historical footnote.

«Our studies suggest that excessive TNF drives heart valve — rather than heart muscle — diseases, and may be worth investigating for inflammatory diseases affecting the heart valves, such as rheumatic heart disease.»

Group A Streptococcus are some of the most common bacteria, causing diseases from strep throat to rheumatic fever.

Not only do they cause several million cases of strep throat every year, but also can lead to more severe infections, such as flesh - eating disease and acute rheumatic heart disease,» Kumaraswami said.

In the mid-1940s, the Department of Defense commissioned researchers, led by infectious disease scientist Charles Rammelkamp, to study whether treating strep with penicillin would also prevent rheumatic heart disease, then a serious problem among troops.

Scabies wounds often become infected by Group A streptococcus bacteria, which can cause rheumatic fever, acute kidney disease and rheumatic heart disease.

If the infection isn't stopped, it can progress into rheumatic fever — a highly contagious disease that affects more than 400,000 people worldwide each year and leaves survivors with lasting damage to heart valves and other tissue.

Rheumatic or connective tissue diseases, generally considered non-fatal, such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis, accounted for 25 per cent of cases in the new study.

In their search for such a trigger in people who had become narcoleptic, Mignot's group found elevated levels of antibodies to Streptococcus pyogenes, a bacterium that causes strep throat and has been implicated in other autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatic fever.

The Biobanco - IMM allows the study of the pathogenesis of multiple diseases with enormous impact on human health (such as neurological diseases, rheumatic disorders and cancer), improving the identification of new prognostic and diagnostic tests and new therapeutic targets.

«We're not sure why it's so much more prevalent in women — one thought is that hormones like estrogen make some women's brains more susceptible to sensations of pain,» says Abby Abelson, MD, chair of the department of rheumatic and immunologic diseases at the Cleveland Clinic.