New study reveals the most common form of arthritis, osteoarthritis, affects 15% of the global population over the age of 30
A new study projects nearly 1 billion people will be living with osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, by…
A new study projects nearly 1 billion people will be living with osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, by…
Fibromyalgia is common, affecting around 2% of people in the general population.1,2 The 2017 EULAR recommendations state that tramadol –…
Anxiety and depression are the mental health issues most commonly associated with inflammatory arthritis, and it is well-established that there…
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by joint deterioration. The clinical outcomes of patients with active RA can…
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have created a promising injectable cell therapy to treat osteoarthritis that both…
Fibromyalgia is a mysterious chronic pain disorder that is difficult to treat. Its causes are also still largely in the…
There is new evidence that fibromyalgia, and the chronic pain associated with it, could worsen opioid use disorder. Researchers at…
Targeting iron metabolism in immune system cells may offer a new approach for treating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) — the…
Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune disease that preferentially affects women. Patients with APS are typically given different medications to reduce…
Osteoarthritis is a common chronic condition that usually causes joint pain and can be severe enough to require knee and…
Many Americans think of gout as a disease from a bygone era, akin to rickets or scurvy. The condition commonly…
The first large multi-ancestry genetics study of osteoarthritis, or OA, has found 10 novel OA-associated genetic loci, and results showed…
Taking anti-inflammatory pain relievers like ibuprofen and naproxen for osteoarthritis may worsen inflammation in the knee joint over time, according…
What Question Were You Investigating with this Study? Are there racial differences in gout prevalence among adults in the US…
Results from a recent clinical trial published by Wiley in Arthritis & Rheumatology demonstrate that patients with knee osteoarthritis experience…
New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual scientific meeting, found that the…
New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, showed that combining a…
The number of new diagnoses of rheumatoid arthritis fell by 20% in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, new…
Arthritis is a widespread condition affecting hundreds of thousands of people that leads to inflammation of the joints. It has…
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that attacks organs and can be fatal. There’s no cure, so current treatments aim to…
For those with a painful hallux rigidus or osteoarthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint, dorsiflexion of that joint during gait…
Experts at the University of Nottingham, in collaboration with experts at Keele University, have found that the risk of heart…
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that affects all the organ systems of the body. This chronic disease…
Just one in three patients with gout in the UK received preventative medication within a year of diagnosis, new research…
In work presented at the 2022 EULAR Congress, Dr Jens Kristian Pedersen and colleagues used data from the DANBIO registry…
Previous studies have shown that patients with osteoarthritis have a higher risk of developing comorbidities; however, much research has focused…
The Biomechanics and Mechanobiology area of UPF’s BCN MedTech research unit is developing a computational model of the regulation of proteins by…
Researchers at the Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford, led by Professor Jagdeep Nanchahal have demonstrated the efficacy of the anti-TNF…
This study led by Prof. Qiuyu Zhang (Northwestern Polytechnical University), Prof. Ki-Bum Lee (Rutgers University), and Prof. Liang Kong (School…
Osteoarthritis is a disease of the whole joint, typified by structural alterations bone, ligaments and joints, that render them weak….