Early diagnosis leads to earlier treatment. With earlier treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there is a better chance for less radiographic damage, less disability and thus lower overall costs of ...

Advances in RA treatment require improved understanding of patient-specific therapy appropriateness, focusing on disease pathogenesis and heterogeneity. Current RA treatment algorithms lack biomarkers ...

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and steroids (see Corticosteroid Therapy) can be useful for acute pain relief in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In osteoarthritis, studies have ...

Functional MRI studies have established that subjective feelings of pain and fatigue have objective correlates in terms of neuronal activity patterns. This study sought to determine whether neural ...

Cedars-Sinai’s center provides personalized, multidisciplinary care for RA and related conditions, improving patient outcomes and quality of life. Dr. Jon Giles' research explores autoimmune disease ...

Gender-based differences were identified in the clinical characteristics and time to initiation of the first biologic or targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (b/ts DMARD) among ...

A long-term clinical study suggests that intervening before rheumatoid arthritis fully develops may significantly alter its ...

Peripheral neuropathy can develop as a complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). You may find similar treatments for both, but your doctor is best equipped to determine what medications may work for ...

Whether you are seeking information for yourself or a loved one, read on to learn more about the disease and how to better understand its signs and symptoms. Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory ...

Functional MRI brain imaging could one day help identify rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients most likely to respond to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors and perhaps other targeted therapies, ...