Unlike typical osteoarthritis, where cartilage in joints breaks down, rheumatoid arthritis results from the immune system ...

Antibodies are supposed to flag infections, so the immune system can destroy the invader. People who developed the disease had other changes that would show up on a blood test, meaning that early ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the most common immune-mediated diseases. Its primary manifestation is inflammatory arthritis characterized by symmetric, polyarticular pain and swelling, typically ...

"The study highlights a significant association between rheumatoid arthritis and kidney stones in U.S. adults. While further ...

Researchers found that people with joint pain and arthritis exhibited signs of accelerated immune aging, according to findings published recently in the journal eBioMedicine. This suggests that immune ...

DESTIN, Fla. — A simple mnemonic device can help providers remember to ask patients with rheumatoid arthritis about key multimorbidities driving early death, according to a speaker at the Congress of ...

The therapeutic drug pirfenidone has been found to be a potential treatment for rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, National Jewish ...

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