Arthritis News

Thursday, October 01, 2009 MRI Can Show Joint Damage in Early Gout
For patients with gout but normal plain radiographs, MRI is more sensitive than ultrasound for detecting early gout, but what to do with that information is unclear...

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 RA Gets Worse if Spouse is Depressed
Spousal depression can affect the health and functioning of a rheumatoid arthritis patient...

Monday, September 21, 2009 RA Gene Screening Almost Ready for Primetime
Genetic screening for rheumatoid arthritis risk is not yet clinically useful, but combining five confirmed RA loci may provide an accurate predictive test...

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Thunder God Vine Trounces Sulfasalazine in RA
An extract of the traditional Chinese medicinal vine Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF) was better than sulfasalazine for treating rheumatoid arthritis...

Wednesday, September 09, 2009 RA Joints Protected by More Fat, Less Adiponectin
Adiponectin is the link between fatness and lower joint damage in RA...

Tuesday, September 08, 2009 RA Drug Array ARRY-162 Fails in Phase 2
A new rheumatoid drug from Array BioPharma that modulates the MEK pathway did not meet Phase 2 efficacy goals...

Thursday, September 03, 2009 Depression, CRP Linked to Pain in RA
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are twice as likely to be depressed as people without this autoimmune disease, and now new research links RA pain to both depression severity and levels of C-reactive protein...

Tuesday, September 01, 2009 Strong Thighs May Mean Less Knee Pain for Women
Stronger thigh muscles may help protect women—but not men—from the pain of arthritic knees...

Monday, August 31, 2009 Blocking Syndecan-4: A New Way to Treat OA?
Blocking syndecan-4 may represent a whole new approach to treating osteoarthritis...

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 CBT Helps OA Patients Get Their ZZZs
Cognitive behavioral therapy can help osteoarthritis (OA) patients sleep better and hurt less...