Research Summaries

Psoriasis
Psoriasis
06/11/2019
In a new study to be presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, researchers compared disease activity, quality of life, and work productivity of more than 2500 individuals with PsA, with and...
06/11/2019
Gout
Gout
06/09/2019
The authors of a new study presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology evaluated more than 6000 cases of gout and matched control cases to determine if occupational exposure to inorganic dust...
06/09/2019
Vaccines
Vaccines
06/04/2019
Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital evaluated whether the new zoster vaccine recombinant, adjuvanted, could induce flares among 300 individuals with rheumatoid arthritis or other systemic...
06/04/2019
osteoarthritis
osteoarthritis
06/03/2019
Therapeutic options for hand osteoarthritis are limited. The authors of a new study presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology investigated the efficacy and safety of short-term, low-dose...
06/03/2019
Management
Management
05/08/2019
The American College of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Foundation have released a guideline for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis manifesting as nonsystemic polyarthritis, sacroiliitis, or...
05/08/2019
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
05/03/2019
By analyzing 20 years’ worth of responses to patient-reported questionnaires, researchers from the Mayo Clinic compared trends in functional disability between those with and without rheumatoid arthritis. ...
05/03/2019
FDA
FDA
04/29/2019
After the clinical trial showed positive results, the first treatment option for children with systemic lupus erythematosus has been approved.
04/29/2019
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
04/19/2019
Researchers evaluated data from more than 76,000 older women to determine whether coffee or tea consumption is associated with an increased risk for older-onset rheumatoid arthritis.
04/19/2019
Obesity
Obesity
04/15/2019
Researchers assessed the association between BMI and swollen joint count among more than 300 individuals with rheumatoid arthritis.
04/15/2019
bone density
bone density
04/09/2019
Researchers tracked changes in bone mineral density and vertebral fractures among more than 800 women with osteoarthritis and osteoporosis enrolled in the Abaloparatide Comparator Trial In Vertebral...
04/09/2019