Patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a high incidence of prevalent and incident hypertension, according to a study published online in the August issue of Rheumatology: Advances in Practice. Brook Hadwen, from the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, and colleagues used data from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort to explore the prevalence and incidence of hypertension and...
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Uncovering the cause of regulatory T cell dysfunction in elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis
August 30, 2024 by University of Tsukuba Graphical abstract. Credit: Clinical Immunology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2024.110337Researchers at Tsukuba University have discovered that the increase in regulatory T (Treg) cells, which typically suppress immune responses, does not adequately control elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis. In the arthritic environment, Treg cells exhibit altered metabolic activity, reduced suppressive function, and increased...
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Rheumatoid arthritis tied to higher risk for lung cancer
August 12, 2024 by Lori Solomon Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with a significantly increased risk for lung cancer, according to a study published online July 28 in Arthritis & Rheumatology. Rebecca T. Brooks, M.D., from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and colleagues evaluated lung cancer risk in people with RA and RA-interstitial lung...
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Depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia common with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis
JULY 24, 2024 by Lori Solomon Approximately four in 10 patients with osteoarthritis (OA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have anxiety, depression, or fibromyalgia, according to a study published online July 16 in ACR Open Rheumatology. Juan Schmukler, M.D., from the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and colleagues analyzed the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and...
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Inflammatory activity of rheumatoid arthritis linked to specific cognitive impairments
July 29, 2024 by British Medical Journal Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe inflammatory activity in the body caused by rheumatoid arthritis is linked to specific cognitive impairments, finds a small comparative study, published in the open access journal RMD Open. These are diminished visuospatial abilities, recall, abstract thinking, and the executive functions of working memory, concentration,...
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Study finds biosimilars offer improved outcome and lower cost for rheumatoid arthritis treatment
July 25, 2024 by The University of Hong Kong Global price of biosimilar infliximab in July 2022. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.18800A research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) performed a cost-effectiveness analysis of treatment strategies for patients in Hong Kong with rheumatoid arthritis. The...
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Study identifies blood biomarkers to predict risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
by Mass General Brigham Credit: Karolina Grabowska from PexelsRheumatoid arthritis impacts approximately 2 million people in the United States and is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, assessing cardiovascular risk is difficult in patients with rheumatoid arthritis because standard clinical assessments based on factors like age, cholesterol, and smoking status tend to underestimate cardiovascular...
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Study shows a single session of aerobic exercise improves blood pressure in rheumatoid arthritis patients
by FAPESP 1: Summary of the experimental sessions. The exercise (upper panel) and control sessions (lower panel) were performed in different days and the order of the experiments was randomized. Both sessions were composed by pre- and post-interventions of blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) at rest and in response to the Stroop Color and...
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Novel Blood Test Can Detect Rheumatoid Arthritis
Randy Dotinga November 20, 2023 SAN DIEGO – Researchers say they’ve developed a novel blood-based assay that can differentiate patients with seropositive or seronegative rheumatoid arthritis from healthy people and those with other inflammatory diseases or osteoarthritis. While cautioning that the results need to be confirmed, University of Oxford (England) rheumatologist Peter Taylor, PhD, MA,...
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Study finds hydroxychloroquine lowers risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients
by American College of Rheumatology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research at ACR Convergence 2023, the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) annual meeting, shows that treating rheumatoid arthritis with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) reduced the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, especially in women and men who are 50 years old and younger. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a...