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Researchers Identify Factor In Pathogenesis Of Graves' Disease
February 18, 2007 Investigators at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) have found evidence that continues to implicate insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-1R) ... > full story -
Assessing The Cost Of Juvenile Arthritis
January 31, 2007 A new study examined direct medical costs of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and found that the economic impact was ... > full story -
Predicting The Risk Of Rheumatoid Arthritis For Early Arthritis Patients
January 30, 2007 A wealth of research supports early aggressive treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) as the best course for preventing joint damage and avoiding the fate of a wheelchair. ... > full story -
The Problem With Treating Spondylarthritis With Anti-TNF Strategies
January 30, 2007 Researchers tested the effectiveness of etanercept, an established TNF receptor, on animal models of arthritis. Their cast doubts on the feasibility of preventing joint and spine ankylosis with ... > full story -
Low-Dose Steroids Reduce Joint Damage From Rheumatoid Arthritis, Evidence Suggests
January 23, 2007 Low doses of steroids can inhibit joint damage when used in the early phase of rheumatoid arthritis, according to a new review of ... > full story -
Cartilage Discovery Offers Arthritis Hope
January 10, 2007 Scientists have revealed the intricate structure of cartilage in what they hope will provide clues to how the crippling joint disease osteoarthritis might one day be ... > full story -
Sex Differences And Rheumatoid Arthritis
December 28, 2006 A humanized mouse model may be valuable for not only studying sex differences in RA, but also for understanding why women are particularly vulnerable to autoimmunity and for developing future ... > full story -
Healthy Bodies Help Fight Disease? Clues To How Diet Affects The Immune System
November 30, 2006 Scientists are proposing that dietary fats can affect how well our immune system works and have discovered that one of the earliest steps in immune system activation relies on a molecule that binds ... > full story -
Engineering The 'Super Enzyme' -- A Potential New Weapon Against Heart Disease
November 28, 2006 Efforts to understand the link between the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor arthritis drugs and heart disease have had an unanticipated benefit in leading to development of an engineered protein ... > full story -
Link Between Rheumatoid Arthritis And Chronic Lung Diseases Examined
November 17, 2006 For decades, researchers have suspected a connection between chronic lung diseases and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Previous research has yielded widely varying estimates about the strength of this ... > full story
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