Severe muscle weakness caused by myasthenia gravis "“ a highly debilitating autoimmune disorder "“ can be prevented or reversed by blocking a key step in the immune response that brings on the disease, researchers at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine have found.
The National Football League and NFL Players Association's newly created NFL Player Joint Replacement Benefit Plan has selected The Mount Sinai Medical Center among only two hospitals in New York City and just fourteen across the entire country to assist eligible retired players in need of joint replacement surgery, it was announced today.
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis, combining one well-known, lower-cost synthetic drug with one of six biologic medications often works best to reduce joint swelling or tenderness, according to a new report by researchers at the RTI International-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Evidence-based Practice Center.
Geisinger Health System recently improved the ordering process for DXA scans, quadrupling the number of patients who received a bone density test for osteoporosis. Details of the program were presented at the American College of Rheumatology conference, along with results of 3 other studies that cast light on osteoporosis and arthritis treatment.
Researchers at Cincinnati Children's suggest that therapies designed to interrupt the localized interaction of inflammatory cells and the blood clotting protein, fibrin, may help arthritis patients.
Ten million people in the U.S. are estimated to already have bone diseases, and almost 34 million more are estimated to have low bone mass, putting them at increased risk for osteoporosis, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. UD scientists are now leading research that will shed light on how osteocytes sense external stimuli and communicate with cells on the surface, signaling them to either build more bone or remove existing bone.
In a head-to-head comparison of the two drugs, Forteo increased lumbar spine density measurements by 7.2 percent compared to 3.4 percent for Fosamax, and it boosted hip density measurements by 3.8 percent compared to 2.4 percent for Fosamax. The study, performed by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, looked at changes in bone density over the course of 18 months in arthritis patients with prednisone-induced osteoporosis.
The American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation (REF) today announced that it has successfully raised more than $18 million for innovative rheumatoid arthritis research.
Work factors, such as working few hours and being self-employed, continue to be the most important predictors of work disability and loss among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, Mass.
Total joint replacement may reduce pain and disability in senior citizens with arthritis, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, Mass.
Among total knee replacement candidates, the likelihood of reporting lack of social support is higher among black patients compared to white patients, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, Mass.
Patients with arthritis may change work hours, the type and nature of their work or may lose their jobs due to disability related to their arthritis, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, Mass.
When considering long-term benefits, surgery may be a better treatment option than local injections of corticosteroids when treating carpal tunnel syndrome, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, Mass.
Low vitamin D levels may cause greater knee pain and difficulty walking in patients with knee osteoarthritis, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, Mass.
The shoes you wear may have significant effects on your osteoarthritis of the knee, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, Mass.
Omega-3 fish oils may benefit lupus activity as well as cardiovascular effects for patients with lupus, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, Mass.
Sending bone density results directly to patients increases the likelihood that they will seek treatment and is a preferred method of physicians for communicating results, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, Mass.
Monitoring treatment and increasing adherence (willingness to follow prescribed treatment routine) may reduce fractures in patients with osteoporosis, according to research presented at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, Mass.
A single injection of intra-articular botulinum toxin Type A may significantly decrease pain and improve shoulder function in osteoarthritis sufferers, according to researches presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, Mass.
Changing the way in which rheumatoid arthritis is diagnosed by including one new assessment and excluding two current assessments may allow for the identification and inclusion of a larger number of patients with early disease in clinical studies, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston.
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