Rheumatoid arthritis affects millions of Americans, gradually changing lives as it progresses from subtle joint discomfort to potentially severe mobility limitations. For those living with this ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease (one in which the immune system attacks healthy cells) that primarily affects your joints. It is a progressive condition that gets worse over ...

As a chronic condition, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can't be cured, so treatment focuses on managing the disease and controlling its progression. Although current treatments help control RA symptoms in ...

Researchers evaluated the ability of a polygenic risk score constructed from a genome-wide association study of rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility to predict radiographic progression, which is ...

Share on Pinterest Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that can make joints stiff and painful. VICTOR TORRES/Stocksy Researchers say that abatacept, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, is also ...

ACPA status could inform treatment and preventive strategies ...

Rheumasurgery, also known as Rheumatoid Surgery, is concerned with the surgical treatment of patients suffering from rheumatic disorders and rheumatism. A Rheumasurgeon aims to improve patient ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

University of Leeds-led research has identified specific changes in the gut microbiome of individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis, potentially discovering disease onset mechanisms. Rheumatoid ...

Surgery is not considered a first-line treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). But a doctor may suggest a joint repair or replacement procedure if you have significant joint damage that interferes ...

In a recent study, led by corresponding author, Anna-Maria Liphardt, PhD, of the Rheumatology and Immunology Department at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and the ...