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WASHINGTON -- Injection of a Wnt inhibitor drug showed promise to ease pain, improve joint function, and even slow or reverse cartilage loss in patients...

Statins may lower mortality risk in ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis patients

WASHINGTON -- Patients with ankylosing spondylitis or psoriatic arthritis who take statins may have as much as a 33 percent lower mortality risk, according to...

Three gene sets could predict response to rheumatoid arthritis therapies

WASHINGTON -- Three gene expression signatures can help rheumatologists predict which patients are more likely to respond to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) or B-cell...

Myocardial inflammation elevated in RA patients

WASHINGTON -- People with rheumatoid arthritis have an increased risk of heart failure even when controlling for coronary artery disease. Chronic myocarditis, or heart inflammation,...

First-line therapy with rituximab may lower mortality risk in RA patients with lung conditions

WASHINGTON -- Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who also have lung involvement often have increased mortality, but first-line therapy with rituximab may help them live longer...

Staying on dmards through surgery does not increase post-op infection risk

WASHINGTON -- Rheumatoid arthritis patients who keep using their disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs prior to surgery do not face an increased risk of infection after their...

Men and women show sex-specific improvements after hip replacement

WASHINGTON -- Outcomes such as pain, function, range of motion, and strength after total hip arthroplasty, or joint replacement surgery, are different for men and...

Allopurinol does not increase chronic kidney disease risk in gout patients

WASHINGTON -- Allopurinol, a widely used treatment for lowering serum urate levels, does not appear to increase risk of kidney deterioration in gout patients with...

Behavioral intervention reduces anxiety, depression among adults impaired by psychological distress

In a study published online by JAMA, Atif Rahman, Ph.D., of the University of Liverpool, England, and colleagues evaluated the effectiveness of a multicomponent behavioral...

CPR from bystanders associated with better outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in pediatrics

Receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from a bystander - compared with not - was associated with better overall and neurologically favorable survival for children and adolescents...

CPR training less common among older adults, who may be at highest risk of sudden cardiac arrest

NEW ORLEANS, LA - More than 350,000 Americans suffer from out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) each year. It strikes at work, in the grocery store,...

Pest control: Wicked weeds may be agricultural angels

Farmers looking to reduce reliance on pesticides, herbicides and other pest management tools may want to heed the advice of Cornell agricultural scientists: Let nature...

GUMC selects global health champion Roger I. Glass as recipient of highest award

Credit: Roger I. Glass, MD, PhD WASHINGTON (Nov. 11, 2016) -- Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) will honor Roger I. Glass, MD, PhD, with the...

Surgery for back pain reduces problems with sex life-related pain

November 11, 2016 - For patients with degenerative spinal disease, surgery is more effective in reducing pain that interferes with sexual activity, compared to nonsurgical...

Researcher to examine if brain training helps combat memory loss in heart failure patients