News articles tagged with 'arthritis'
Rheumatologists update assessments for adult pain
— 16 Nov 2011 21:28 | HealthAssessment of patient outcomes allows physicians and researchers to measure the success or failure of diagnostics and treatments that patients receive. One set of measurement tools…
Researchers mimic body's own healing potential to create personalised therapies for inflammation
— 4 Apr 2011 18:21 | HealthScientists at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and Harvard Medical School, Boston have found a way of mimicking the body's natural mechanism of fighting inflammation.…
Finding of long-sought drug target structure may expedite drug discovery
— 15 Mar 2011 21:02 | HealthResearchers have solved the three-dimensional structure of a key biological receptor. The finding has the potential to speed drug discovery in many areas, from arthritis to respiratory…
Rituximab combined with a TNF inhibitor and methotrexate shows no safety signal in RA treatment
— 9 Mar 2011 18:02 | HealthA recent trial of rituximab in combination with a tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor and methotrexate (MTX) in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) found the safety profile…
RA sufferers armed with kitchen safety tool
— 7 Mar 2011 17:34 | HealthHis design has earned a spot on the first-round shortlist of one of the world's most prestigious design competitions - the Australian Design Award/James Dyson Award…
Safety of biologic treatment for arthritis depends on the drug
— 16 Feb 2011 04:20 | HealthSome biologic drugs may be safer than others according to a new systematic review by Cochrane researchers. Biologics are a broad class of drugs based on biological molecules. The drugs…
Rheumatoid arthritis researchers redefine remission
— 4 Feb 2011 16:40 | HealthThe American College of Rheumatology today announced the release of two new provisional definitions of rheumatoid arthritis remission, which are to be applied to future RA clinical…
Wide variation exists in receipt of recommended medications for Medicare managed care RA patients
— 2 Feb 2011 16:52 | HealthAn analysis of data from more than 90,000 Medicare managed care enrolees who received care for rheumatoid arthritis finds that more than one-third did not receive the recommended treatment…
Fostamatinib proven to be safe but not effective
— 27 Jan 2011 18:35 | HealthIn a previous study, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who failed to respond to methotrexate were shown to experience positive results with fostamatinib disodium (R788), an oral spleen…
Scientists find the 'master switch' for key immune cells in inflammatory diseases
— 16 Jan 2011 20:24 | HealthScientists have identified a protein that acts as a 'master switch' in certain white blood cells, determining whether they promote or inhibit inflammation. The study, published in the…