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"There is still a lot of uncertainty about glucosamine," says Dr. Steven Vlad, a fellow in clinical epidemiology and rheumatology at Boston University School of Medicine. So what is glucosamine. (Florida Today)
Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment of Ustekinumab Effective, Study Suggests Feb 23, 2009
Researchers conducting the study published in The Lancet reported that at week 12 of the study, 42 percent of patients given 63 or 90 mg of the drug at weeks 0, 1, 2 and 3 showed significant improvement in their pain, stiffness and other symptoms defined by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR20) score compared with 14 percent of patients who received placebo at the same time points (P < 0. 001). (Science Daily)
New clues to healing arthritis caused by traumatic injury Feb 23, 2009
D., of Duke Rheumatology and Immunology. Funding came from a grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. (EurekAlert!)
Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Raise Shingles Risk Feb 19, 2009
"We've changed people's lives with use of these anti-tumor necrosis factor drugs. People who were housebound are now leading relatively normal lives," said Dr. Guy Fiocco, an assistant professor of internal medicine at Texas Ath Science Center College of Medicine and director of rheumatology at Scott in Temple. "This modest increase in risk is not going to stop us prescribing the drug. It may make us more aware.". (MEDLINEplus)
Staying put: Keeping docs in NY a medical community priority Feb 16, 2009
But the main reason Lopez stayed was that his wife, Dr. Aixa Lopez, has a fellowship in rheumatology at. While most of the couple s family is in their native Puerto Rico, Aixa s aunt and uncle are here. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Psoriatic Arthritis Improves with Investigational Biologic Feb 15, 2009
Personalize Your Medical News. Sunday, February 15, 2009. (MedPage Today)
FDA Approves ULORIC(R) (febuxostat) for the Chronic Management of Hyperuricemia in Patients with Gout Feb 14, 2009
The respective companies currently market oral diabetes, insomnia and gastroenterology treatments and seek to bring innovative products to patients through a pipeline that includes compounds in development for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, oncology, gastroenterology, neurology, rheumatology and other conditions. Takeda is committed to striving toward better health for individuals and progress in medicine by developing superior pharmaceutical products. (PR Newswire)
Savient Provides Update on Pegloticase BLA Feb 13, 2009
Savient has exclusively licensed worldwide rights to the technology related to KRYSTEXXA (pegloticase), formerly referred to as Puricase(R), from Duke University and Mountain View Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Savient's experienced management team is committed to advancing its pipeline and expanding its product portfolio by in-licensing late-stage compounds and exploring co-promotion and co-development opportunities that fit the Company's expertise in specialty pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals... (PR Newswire)
A Woman with a Rash and Numbness and Pain in the Legs Feb 12, 2009
Dr. John H. Stone: A 47-year-old woman was seen in the Rheumatology Clinic of this hospital because of numbness and pain in the legs and a rash ... From the Departments of Dermatology (D.K.); Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology (J.H.S., D.B.B.); and Pathology (A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital; and the Departments of Dermatology (D.K.), Medicine (J.H.S., D.B.B.), and Pathology (A.S.), Harvard Medical School. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Long-Term Control of HIV by CCR5 Delta32/Delta32 Stem-Cell Transplantation Feb 12, 2009
From the Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Transfusion Medicine (G.H., D.N., M.M., S.G., A.M., O.B., I.W.B., W.K.H., E.T.) and the Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, and Rheumatology (K.A., T.S.), Campus Benjamin Franklin; and the Institute of Medical Virology, Campus Mitte (J.H.) all at Charit; Universit. tsmedizin Berlin; and the Robert Koch Institute (C.K.) all in Berlin. (New England Journal of Medicine)
The sinking of Blue Peter Feb 11, 2009
He is now Professor of Rheumatology and Tissue Engineering at Bristol University. Last year, he performed an operation that saved the life of a Spanish woman, by giving her a new windpipe made from her own stem cells. (Independent)
FDA Seeks Better Regulation of Painkillers Feb 10, 2009
Also speaking at the press conference, Dr. Bob Rappaport, director of the FDA's division of anesthesia, analgesia, and rheumatology products, underscored the agency's growing concern over the inappropriate use of opiates by citing several alarming statistics. For example, he noted a just released national survey that found that in 2007, 5. (U.S. News & World Report)
Drugmakers push boosts murky ailment Feb 8, 2009
Drugmakers respond to skepticism by pointing out that fibromyalgia is recognized by medical societies, including the American College of Rheumatology. I think what were seeing here is just the evolution of greater awareness about a condition that has generally been neglected or poorly managed, said Steve Romano, a Pfizer vice president who oversees its neuroscience division. (MSNBC -- Health)
authors & referees @ NPG Feb 8, 2009
Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology. Editor-in-Chief: Peter E. Lipsky, MD; Editor: Jenny Buckland. (Nature News Service)
Rheumatoid Arthritis Hits Women Harder Feb 7, 2009
"Obvious differences between genders exist in the prevalence, age at onset and level of production of harmful arthritis autoantibodies," study leader Tuulikki Sokka, a rheumatology consultant at Jyv. skyl. (MEDLINEplus)
Attention to Bones Important in Women with Lupus Feb 7, 2009
"Whether due to the corticosteroid treatment, or to the disease itself, osteoporosis is being increasingly recognized in patients with SLE," Dr. Swan S. Yeap, of the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, and colleagues explain in the Journal of Rheumatology ... SOURCE: Journal of Rheumatology, December 2008. (MEDLINEplus)
Abnormal ECG Seen in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Feb 7, 2009
"In surveying the literature, scant data were found regarding cardiac arrhythmias in psoriatic arthritis patients," researchers note in the Journal of Rheumatology ... SOURCE: Journal of Rheumatology, December 2008. (MEDLINEplus)
Lupus Affects the Brain Very Early in the Disease Feb 7, 2009
SOURCE: Journal of Rheumatology, December 2008. Reuters Health. (MEDLINEplus)
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