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March 2, 2015March 2, 2015

COX-2 Inhibitors Provide Additional Analgesia for RA Patients on DMARDs/Corticosteroids

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Researchers in Norway determined that patients with rheumatic arthritis who receive corticosteroids and biological disease-modifying drugs still require concomitant analgesics to treat pain. The study titled “Do COX-2 inhibitors provide ... Read more

February 27, 2015February 27, 2015

What Allows Remission in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis?

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A team led by researchers at the Leiden University Medical Center in The Netherlands recently revealed the possibility of remission in patients with undifferentiated arthritis or early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ... Read more

February 26, 2015February 26, 2015

Hypertension Increases the Risk for Cardiac Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis

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In a recent study entitled “The Impact of Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” researchers suggest that traditional cardiovascular ... Read more

February 25, 2015February 25, 2015

Galapagos Reports Last Patient in DARWIN 1 RA Clinical Trials Has Completed 12 Weeks Of Treatment

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Galapagos NV is a clinical stage biotechnology company specialized in small molecule therapies that is developing medicines with novel mechanisms of action. The company has recently announced that the last patient in their DARWIN 1 trial treated with filgotinib has completed 12 weeks ... Read more

February 24, 2015February 24, 2015

Scientists Discover “Marvel Molecule” Potential Treatment for Array of Inflammatory Diseases

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An international team of researchers based out of Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and the University of Queensland in Australia have discovered what is being dubbed a “marvel molecule” that ... Read more

February 23, 2015February 23, 2015

International Study to Focus on Inflammation’s Role in Arthritis, Heart Failure

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In order to understand the role of inflammation in both rheumatoid arthritis and heart failure, an international team of medical researchers is beginning a novel investigation based at the Canadian Dalhousie Medical ... Read more

February 20, 2015February 20, 2015

Novel Nuclear Medicine Product Can Diagnose and Monitor Rheumatoid Arthritis

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A new technology based on nuclear medicine has been developed and presented by the NCBJ POLATOM Radioisotope Centre located in Warsaw, Poland to be used in the diagnosis of inflammatory conditions. The novel ... Read more

February 19, 2015February 19, 2015

Specific Genetic Elements Act As Switches in Autoimmune Diseases Like Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently published a study in the journal Nature on a series of genetic elements in specific immune cells and their link with immune ... Read more

February 18, 2015February 18, 2015

New Biomarker Can Identify Patients Resistant to Methotrexate for Rheumatoid Arthritis

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A recent study published in the journal PNAS suggests a potential new biomarker for the identification of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who are unlikely to respond to methotrexate therapy. The study is entitled ... Read more

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015

Gastrointestinal, Urogenital Infections May Lower Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis

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According to a recent study from the Institute of Environmental Medicine in Stockholm, gastrointestinal and urogenital infections lower the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In the study titled ”Recent infections ... Read more