Realignment effective for pain in knee OA 5 Mar 2012 0 comments Treatment for knee osteoarthritis doesn’t always need to be in drug form, say rheumatologists who found that realigning knees in several ways had a significant effect on pain relief.
Golimumab effective after one year 5 Mar 2012 0 comments Golimumab has continued clinical efficacy and safety in treating active psoriatic arthritis through one year, new research shows.
Methotrexate ineffective against synovitis in psoriatic arthritis 27 Feb 2012 0 comments Methotrexate has no beneficial effect on synovitis in patients with psoriatic arthritis despite being widely recommended as a standard treatment.
Zoledronic acid good for pain in OA 27 Feb 2012 0 comments A single 5mg infusion of zoledronic acid (ZA) reduces pain and significantly shrinks bone marrow lesions in patients with knee osteoarthritis, an Australian trial has shown.
Self management of knee-OA a success 27 Feb 2012 0 comments Turning the tide on earlier studies, a new randomised trial suggests professionally-guided self-management for knee osteoarthritis is effective.
RA biologics trials criticised 20 Feb 2012 0 comments Randomised trials of biologic therapies for rheumatoid arthritis have failed to provide enough head-to-head comparisons and relied excessively on placebo controls that have placed patients at risk of…
Cancer risk in JIA not down to treatment 13 Feb 2012 0 comments Juvenile idiopathic arthritis increases the likelihood of malignancy four-fold but treatment with methotrexate or TNF inhibitors does not appear to exacerbate the risk, a study shows.
Metric needed for depression in RA 13 Feb 2012 0 comments A common metric is needed to accurately assess the prevalence of depression and anxiety in rheumatoid arthritis patients, argue the Australian and UK authors of a new study.
Shorter life for RA patients 6 Feb 2012 0 comments Rheumatoid arthritis patients have a shorter life-expectancy of six to seven years reports a new Australian study, though RA is rarely the recorded cause of death.
Include ultrasound in RA remission assessment, urges new study 6 Feb 2012 0 comments Ultrasound could form an important part of remission assessment in rheumatoid arthritis suggests a study showing a significant association between power Doppler activity and disease flares.
