For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) is an independent risk factor indicating prognosis, according to a study published online Sept. 18 in Frontiers in Immunology. Zexuan Bin, from The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University in Taiyuan, China, and colleagues used 2009 to 2018 data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to...
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Age-related macular degeneration tied to heightened risk for rheumatoid arthritis
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is associated with a higher risk for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a study published online Sept. 9 in Scientific Reports. Je Moon Yoon, from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues examined the association between AMD with and without visual disability (VD) and the risk for RA. The analysis included 3.5 million...
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Study finds GERD can induce occurrence of rheumatoid arthritis, but not vice versa
by Elana Gotkine Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) causally and positively influences rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but RA has no significant influence on GERD, according to a study published online Dec. 13 in Frontiers in Genetics. Haifan Wang, from The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, and colleagues examined the bidirectional causal effects between...
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Nitric oxide-scavenging hydrogel developed for rheumatoid arthritis treatment
Professor Won Jong Kim and his research team developed a nano-sized hydrogel that treats inflammatory disease by scavenging nitric oxide POHANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (POSTECH) (NO) prevents high blood pressure and artery plaque build-up in our body. However, its duplicity is shown when it causes serious inflammatory disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus, Cronh’s disease, and rheumatoid arthritis. The research team of...