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News: May 28, 2012
Rising Obesity Rates Might Mean More Rheumatoid Arthritis
FRIDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that severe weight gain might raise the risk for rheumatoid arthritis -- a painful, chronic ailment -- especially among obese women. The epidemiological research indicated that about half of t...
Gastro Woes Often Strike Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
MONDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- People with rheumatoid arthritis are at increased risk for gastrointestinal problems, such as ulcers and bleeding, and also for death related to gastrointestinal issues, a new study says. The findings highlight ...
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Quit Statins May Face Raised Death Risk
WEDNESDAY, March 28 (HealthDay News) -- People suffering from rheumatoid arthritis who stop taking their cholesterol-lowering drugs may raise their risk of dying, a new study finds. In fact, those who stopped taking statins raised their chances of...
Rheumatoid Arthritis May Raise Risk of Heart Rhythm Disorder
THURSDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk for a heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation, a new study finds. The research involved more than 4 million people, including more than 18,0...
Treat RheumatoidArthritis Early and Aggressively: Guidelines
THURSDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- More aggressive treatment for people in the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is among the most important changes recommended in updated American College of Rheumatology treatment guidelines. This chan...
Anxiety, Depression Often Go Hand-in-Hand With Arthritis
MONDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Depression or anxiety affect one-third of Americans with arthritis who are aged 45 or older, a new study shows. Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also found that even though a...
Strides Made in Diagnosing, Treating Lupus
THURSDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) -- Sometimes it takes years for people to get diagnosed with lupus. That wasn't the case for Marisa Zeppieri-Caruana, who had so many of the classic systemic lupus erythematosus symptoms -- such as a butterfly-sha...
Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked to Fertility Woes, Miscarriage
THURSDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Women with rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus often have fewer children than they'd hoped for, according to a new study. These autoimmune diseases, which typically develop during women's repr...
Too Many Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Inactive, Study Finds
THURSDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- More than 40 percent of rheumatoid arthritis patients live a sedentary life, a new study finds. It used to be thought that medication and rest was the best treatment, but now experts believe physical activity ...
Study Finds No Link Between HPV Vaccine and Autoimmune Disorders
THURSDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil does not trigger autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, type 1 diabetes or multiple sclerosis, according to a two-year study that included nea...
More Known About Proteins That Cause Autoimmune Diseases
TUESDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A new study says more than 32 million people in the United States have autoantibodies, which are proteins produced in the immune system that attack the body's tissues. Autoantibodies can cause autoimmune diseas...
Herbal Medicines for Arthritis Not Backed by Evidence
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- There is little evidence to support the widespread use of herbal medicines to relieve the symptoms of osteoarthritis, according to a review of these products. Osteoarthritis is a painful condition that involv...
Mindfulness Training May Help Arthritis Patients Cope
TUESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- A small study finds that mindfulness training, which teaches people to push away troublesome thoughts, helped improve well-being in people with rheumatoid arthritis and similar diseases. Patients in Norway who ...
Autoimmune Woes May Raise Risk for Lung Clots
FRIDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Patients hospitalized for autoimmune disorders, like rheumatoid arthritis or Crohn's disease, may be at greater risk for a life-threatening pulmonary embolism, a clot in a main artery of the lung, a new study fi...
Merck to Pay $950M to Settle Probe of Vioxx Marketing
TUESDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday that the drug company Merck will pay $950 million to resolve investigations into its marketing of the blockbuster painkiller Vioxx, which was pulled from the market in 2...
Studies Suggest Link Between Smog, Joint Disease
SATURDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to certain types of air pollution is associated with an increased risk for the painful joint disease known as rheumatoid arthritis, new research suggests. This link is strongest for sulfur dioxide, one...
TNF Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis Boosts Skin Cancer Risk
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors appears to increase their risk of developing skin cancer, a new review of prior research indicates. However, TNF inhibit...
NSAIDs May Raise Miscarriage Risk: Study
TUESDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Women who take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen during the first stage of their pregnancy may be upping their risk of miscarriage, new research suggests. "We're seeing a 2.4-fold ...
Realistic Activity Goals Seem to Ease Arthritis Pain, Study Finds
THURSDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Rheumatoid arthritis patients who believe in their ability to achieve physical activity goals -- called self-efficacy -- are more likely to reach those objectives, researchers have found. The investigators als...
Inflammation From Rheumatoid Arthritis Tied to Heart Disease
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDay News) -- People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of death from heart disease and other cardiovascular events due to RA-related inflammation and other risk factors, a new study indicates. It also fo...
Honing in on the Genetics of MS
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- A new study on the genetic underpinnings of multiple sclerosis (MS) has identified more than 50 gene variants that may contribute to the autoimmune disease, 29 of which are new discoveries. About half of the ...
Rheumatoid Arthritis May Double Risk of COPD
FRIDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- People with rheumatoid arthritis are twice as likely as healthy people to have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a large new study finds. The link between rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, and the breathin...
Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis May Raise Risk of Abnormal Heart Rhythm
FRIDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- People with two common inflammatory diseases stand a higher chance of developing a heart condition that is strongly associated with stroke, a new study suggests. The study, done at the University of Arkansas for M...
Clues to Why Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Humira Fails Some Patients
TUESDAY, April 12 (HealthDay News) -- In a new study, close to a third of patients taking the arthritis drug Humira developed an immune system reaction to it that rendered it ineffective. Researchers say the finding helps to explain why some peopl...
Exercise Is Key for People With Arthritis: Expert
FRIDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise is a good way for people with arthritis to control pain and improve physical function, says an expert. "People who have arthritis are often scared to exercise because they think they will hurt themselve...
Doctors Need to Improve Guidance on Arthritis: Study
MONDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors today are more likely to advise obese arthritis patients to lose weight than 10 years ago, but they still fall short on counseling patients to exercise or learn about pain-management techniques, a new s...
Patient Literacy Problems Can Hinder Rheumatoid Arthritis Care
FRIDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Among people with rheumatoid arthritis, 11 percent of those surveyed didn't know what a rheumatologist is, even if they had been seeing one for quite a while. In addition, more than one in 10 people surveyed cou...
Study Suggests Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked to Heart Attack Risk
THURSDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- One year after a person is diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis they are at a 60 percent increased risk of heart attack compared to people without the disease, a new study suggests. The study included almost 7,5...
Better Outcomes Seen With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis
TUESDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Early assessment of rheumatoid arthritis can reduce the amount of joint damage and improve the likelihood of disease remission without having to take disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, known as DMARDs, new ...
Tai Chi May Provide Arthritis Relief
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Arthritis patients may gain physical and emotional relief from the ancient Chinese art of Tai Chi, finds a new study, the largest of its kind. Patients with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalg...
Rheumatoid Arthritis May Raise Risk of Blood Vessel Plaque
SUNDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Inflammation associated with rheumatoid arthritis may damage more than the joints, new research suggests. The autoimmune disorder may also increase the risk of atherosclerosis, a buildup of plaque in the blood ve...
Vitamin D May Influence Genes for Cancer, Autoimmune Disease
TUESDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have discovered a link between vitamin D and genes related to autoimmune diseases and cancer. The finding may explain why vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for a number of serious illnesses, incl...
Could Drinking Help Thwart Rheumatoid Arthritis?
WEDNESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking alcohol may help keep rheumatoid arthritis at bay, possibly because it dampens the body's immune response, new research suggests. Alcohol consumption may also protect people who already have the auto...
Vaccines Don't Appear to Increase Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk
TUESDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Routine adult vaccinations for flu and other conditions don't appear to increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a new study has found. The finding challenges a common belief that such vaccinations can ca...
Exercise OK for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Review
MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Aerobic cardio exercise is safe for patients coping with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a new French review of prior research suggests. The study, published in the July issue of Arthritis Care & Research, also found...
Stomach Bacteria Might Trigger Rheumatoid Arthritis
THURSDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- In early experiments with mice, scientists have found a bacteria living in the gut may trigger an immune response that can result in rheumatoid arthritis. The gut of all mammals is populated with thousands of ...
Gene Mutations Offer Clues to Autoimmune Disorders
WEDNESDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that rare gene variations are more common in people with disorders in which the immune system attacks the body. These autoimmune disorders include rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes. R...
Long Before Symptoms, Blood May Reveal Rheumatoid Arthritis
MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A blood test can predict rheumatoid arthritis long before a person notices symptoms, say Swedish researchers. They identified several cytokines, cytokine-related factors and chemokines whose levels increase signi...
Fewer Childhood Deaths From Rheumatic Disease
MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Death rates for U.S. children with rheumatic diseases are much lower than previously reported, a new study has found. Cleveland Clinic researchers analyzed data on 48,885 patients in the national Pediatric Rheuma...
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn't Promote Cancer
THURSDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blockers doesn't increase rheumatoid arthritis patients' risk of cancer, new research has found. TNF is a substance secreted by immune cells that regulates the immune...
New Clues to How Fish Oils Help Arthritis Patients
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers think they now understand the way that fish oils benefit people with rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions linked to inflammation. The body converts an ingredient in fish oils called DHA into ...
Household Insecticides May Be Linked to Autoimmune Diseases
MONDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests a link between women's exposure to household insecticides -- including roach and mosquito killers -- and the autoimmune disorders rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. The scientist did not find ...
Herb Shows Potential for Rheumatoid Arthritis
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- An ancient Chinese herbal remedy called "thunder god vine" helps reduce inflammation in people with rheumatoid arthritis, a new study shows. The remedy is an extract of the medicinal plant Tripterygium wilfor...
Treat Mind, Body in RA Patients: Study
THURSDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Treating both depression and inflammation can reduce severe pain in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Japanese researchers say. They studied 218 RA patients who provided information about their pain level...
TNF Blockers May Help Some With Rheumatoid Arthritis
THURSDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who respond poorly to standard treatment with methotrexate may benefit from additional treatment with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blockers, a Swedish study suggests...
Certain Arthritis, Crohn's Drugs May Raise Kids' Cancer Risk: FDA
TUESDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs widely used to fight rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and other inflammatory disorders must now carry an updated "black box" warning label cautioning patients and doctors that the medicines may boost ...
Arthritis Drug Raises Risk of Tuberculosis
THURSDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- An arthritis therapy appears to increase the risk of tuberculosis in certain patients, French researchers have found. Their study examined the connection between TB and two anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agen...
Autism May Be Linked to Mom's Autoimmune Disease
MONDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Children of mothers who have autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and celiac disease have up to a three times greater risk for autism, a new study finds. Although the association betw...
New Drug Promising Against Rheumatoid Arthritis
MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- The immunosuppressive drug golimumab shows promise in treating rheumatoid arthritis patients who don't respond to other drugs, according to a new study. Golimumab is from the family of drugs called tumor necrosi...
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