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Study Assesses Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis on Joint Replacement Surgery Outcomes
Two new studies by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have shed light on joint replacement outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). |
Embargo expired: 6/12/2013 12:05 AM EDT
Released: 6/11/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Hospital for Special Surgery |
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Big Toe Isn’t Biggest Culprit in Gout Flare-Ups; Other Joints Tied to Higher RiskThe painful rheumatic condition gout is often associated with the big toe, but it turns out that patients at highest risk of further flare-ups are those whose gout first involved other joints, such as a knee or elbow, Mayo Clinic has found. The study is among several that Mayo researchers are presenting in Madrid at the European League Against Rheumatism’s annual meeting. |
Embargo expired: 6/11/2013 6:05 PM EDT
Released: 6/6/2013 1:30 PM EDT
Mayo Clinic |
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New Technique Selectively Dampens Harmful Immune Responses
Current immune suppressants have major drawbacks, but a team from The Scripps Research Institute has demonstrated a new technique that may lead to a better way to selectively repress unwanted immune reactions without disabling the immune system as a whole. |
Embargo expired: 6/3/2013 12:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/30/2013 12:20 PM EDT
Scripps Research Institute |
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NIH Scientists Find Link Between Allergic and Autoimmune Diseases in Mouse Study
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health, and their colleagues, have discovered that a gene called BACH2 may play a central role in the development of diverse allergic and autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, asthma, Crohn's disease, celiac disease, and type-1 diabetes. |
Released: 6/3/2013 8:00 AM EDT
National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH |
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Enzyme-Activating Antibodies Revealed As Marker For Most Severe Form Of Rheumatoid ArthritisIn a series of lab experiments designed to unravel the workings of a key enzyme widely considered a possible trigger of rheumatoid arthritis, researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that in the most severe cases of the disease, the immune system makes a unique subset of antibodies that have a disease-promoting role. |
Embargo expired: 5/22/2013 2:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/20/2013 10:30 AM EDT
Johns Hopkins Medicine |
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Google Co-Founder’s Latest Medical Condition Could Be Tied to AutoimmunityLarry Page, co-founder of Google, recently announced he is suffering from paralyzed vocal cords. Could this condition be rooted in autoimmunity? |
Released: 5/21/2013 12:00 PM EDT
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) |
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Estrogen Fuels Autoimmune Liver DamageA Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study in mice may help explain why women are more prone than men to a form of liver damage by implicating the female sex hormone estrogen in the development of autoimmune hepatitis. |
Released: 4/30/2013 11:40 AM EDT
Johns Hopkins Medicine |
MedicineChannels:Keywords:lupus erythematosus , Lupus Nephritis, Lupus, Lupus Research, Cardiac Disease, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Auto Immune, Vasculitis, glomerulonephritis, Ohio State Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) , Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Nephrology, Rheumatology |
Study Looks at the Deadly Combination of Lupus and Cardiac DiseasePeople with lupus have a 20 to 50-fold higher rate of cardiac events than a person without lupus, but traditional screening tools are unable to identify or track progressive heart damage caused by the chronic autoimmune disease. Researchers are capturing biomarkers and images of a beating heart during a lupus flare to find out why cardiac disease is so deadly in lupus patients, and provide vital information that may someday help patients avoid devastating cardiac events and survive longer. |
Released: 4/29/2013 9:00 AM EDT
Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science |
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AARDA Launches "My Autoimmune Story" Video SeriesEmmy-nominated Actress Kellie Martin Shares Her Story, Calls on Others to Share New Survey Reveals Need for Increased Awareness/Education of Autoimmune Disease |
Released: 3/27/2013 7:00 PM EDT
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) |
MedicineChannels:Keywords:salt, Autoimmune Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, Environmental Triggers, low salt diet, Autoimmunity, Helper T Cells, Interleukin-17, sodium chloride, Immune System, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, Autoimmune Disease Research, rising incidence of autoimmune disease, salt as environmental trigger, Iodine, Hypothyroid, Thyroid, |
Statement on New Nature Studies Linking Salt and Autoimmune DiseasesAmerican Autoimmune Related Diseases Association’s statement on new nature studies linking salt and autoimmune disease. |
Released: 3/8/2013 4:00 PM EST
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) |