Article: Anti-tumor necrosis factor treatment does not increase cancer Risk in RA patients.(Clinical report)

Article: Flexor Hallucis Longus tendon rupture in ...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders;  November 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... development of foot deformities in the feet of RA patients [2, 3]. Rupture or tenosynovitis ... examination [2, 4, 5]. MRI-studies in RA-patients with hind foot pain showed a FHL-tenosynovitis ... 4]. Ultrasound studies (US) in RA patients showed a higher prevalence of FHL ...

Article: Simple Blood Tests May Identify RA Patients Most at ...
PR Newswire;  October 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... from the ASPIRE trial showed that early RA patients with the highest levels of C-reactive ... continued joint damage. These early RA patients, therefore, have greater potential ... globally for use in moderate-to-severe RA patients who have had an inadequate response ...

Article: Treat Mind, Body in RA Patients: Study; Rheumatoid ...
Consumer Health News (English);  August 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Japanese researchers say. They studied 218 RA patients who provided information about their ... psychotropic medication might be a priority for RA patients who experience severe pain without elevated ... report in the same issue found that RA patients with depressed spouses suffered ...

Article: Prednisone associated with increased stroke in RA ...
Internal Medicine News;  February 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... of stroke in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients was prompted by a request from investigators ... The study used data from 15,670 RA patients and 3,083 osteoarthritis patients ... for a 3-year period ending in 2003. RA patients had a higher incidence of stroke than ...

Article: Bone marrow and stem-cell features characterized in RA ...
Biotech Week;  May 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... IL-6, in 16 chronic, refractory RA patients, as well as in five healthy controls. "Of 16 RA patients (68.7%), 11 showed a reduced bone ... coauthors at the University of Pavia. "In RA patients, the median percentage of CD34+ bone ...

Article: Methotrexate side effect profiles differ among PsA, RA ...
Skin & Allergy News;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... arthritis (PsA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The researchers looked at enrollees ... recorded for 12% of PsA and 2% of RA patients. In cases where treatment was known ... 39% of patients with PsA and 29% of RA patients. The second most often prescribed first ...

Article: CHD well underway at time of RA diagnosis: two years before ...
Internal Medicine News;  March 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... years prior to being diagnosed with RA, patients with the disease were 3.17 times more ... more vigilant approach [to monitoring RA patients for heart disease] would be more beneficial ... Kremers added. At baseline, 30% of the RA patients were current smokers and 26% were former ...