Arthritis News

Monday, April 25, 2011 Actemra (tocilizumab) Approved for the Treatment of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA)
Actemra can be administered alone or in combination with methotrexate in patients with SJIA...

Tuesday, April 06, 2010 Long-Term Methotrexate Use Does Not Reduce Relapse Rates for Juvenile Arthritis
Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis do not have their relapse rates reduced by a longer treatment course with the drug methotrexate...

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 New Treatment Approved to Straighten Clenched Fingers
Xiaflex was approved by the FDA last month for the treatment of Dupuytren's contracture, a condition that affects a person's ability to straighten and use their fingers...

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...