Arthritis News

Thursday, February 25, 2010 Physical Inactivity and Obesity Raises Arthritis Risk, Especially in Women
Arthritis rates are higher in the US than in Canada, according to a new study...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Minimally Invasive Hip Replacements Growing in Popularity
Orthopedic surgeons have developed techniques to make hip replacement operations less invasive, cutting down the length of time patients spend in the hospital and speeding up total recovery time...

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 RA Development Can Be Predicted by Inflammatory Cytokines
Increased concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines can predict onset of RA before symptoms develop...

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Fatigue Is Valid Marker of RA Treatment Response
Single-item measures of fatigue are reliable and sensitive to change in RA patients taking TNF-blockers...

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Inflammation in RA Linked to Arterial Stiffness
RA patients with high inflammatory burden are more likely to have arterial stiffness, even without other known cardiovascular risk factors...

Thursday, November 12, 2009 TNF Inhibitors Do Not Raise Cancer Risk
No increased cancer risk was seen during the first 6 years of anti-TNF therapy for rheumatoid arthritis...

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Cooling RA Skin May Slightly Shift Doppler US
Cooling (but not warming) the skin has a modest effect on ultrasound Doppler measurements in RA...

Thursday, November 05, 2009 Feds Set to Cut 21.5% from Medicare Fees—Before Healthcare Reform
The new Medicare Physician Fee Schedule will, overall, cut physician's fees by 21.5% in 2010...

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Naproxen/Nexium Combo Prevents Ulcers in OA Patients
Combining naproxen esomeprazole magnesium relieves OA pain while protecting the stomach...

Thursday, October 22, 2009 For Early RA, Start with Six Months of MTX, then Add Two More DMARDs
ACR researchers report that initial treatment with methotrexate followed by step-up to two more DMARDs if needed at 6 months is as good as adding a TNF inhibitor...