Rheumatic disease

Use Of Radioactive Radium-224 In Therapy Discontinued Due To Increased Cancer Risk

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008

Ankylosing Spondylitis (Bechterew's Disease) is a painful chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease, associated with stiffening of the vertrebral column. Between 100,000 and 150,000 cases have already been diagnosed in Germany, but milder forms of the disease may remain undiagnosed.The research team, led by Dr. Roland R. Wick, with Dr. Elke A. Nekolla, Prof. Dr. Albrecht M. Kellerer and the late Prof....

• Increased cancer risk following the use of radioactive Radium-224 in the therapy - Physorg

In RA And Other Types Of Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease CV Risk Management Should Be Mandatory

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008

EULAR Task Force recommendations suggest inflammation may be the key to heightened cardiovascular risksRheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients should undergo compulsory cardiovascular (CV) risk management and existing CV risk calculators shoul

CV risk management should be mandatory in RA and other types of inflammatory rheumatic disease

Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008

( European League Against Rheumatism ) Rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis patients should undergo compulsory cardiovascular risk management and existing CV risk calculators should be adapted to the increased CV risk in inflammatory rheumatic disease patients, the EULAR Task Force on 'Cardiovascular Risk Management in RA' recommended today at EULAR 2008, the Annual...

• Rheumatoid arthritis is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease - Physorg

Schering Plough - Remicade: show us the model

PharmaGossip (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008

In the UK NICE has recommended two anti-TNF treatments for ankylosing spondylitis, the painful and progressive rheumatic disease, but has excluded a third because of cost effectiveness. Wyeth's Enbrel and Abbott's Humira were recommended by NICE, but it ruled that Schering-Plough's Remicade was too expensive for use on the NHS. Enbrel and Humira can both be injected at home, and cost around £10,000...

Bid to ease anxiety of patients

Bristol Evening Post (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008

Patients in Bristol with an incurable rheumatic disease are helping a national study.

Juvenile arthritis: a diagnosis

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008

Juvenile arthritis is the most common rheumatic disease in children, affecting one in 1,000, explains Dr Orla Killeen, consultant paediatrician at Our Lady's Hospital in Crumlin.

Northwestern Memorial Study Tests Cancer Drug On Scleroderma Patients

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008

Physicians at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are studying the effects of an anti-cancer drug to treat patients with scleroderma, a rare, incurable autoimmune rheumatic disease that leads to hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues. Scleroderma affects an estimated 300,000 people in the United States and can often attack the lungs, heart, kidneys and intestinal tract, and sometimes...

• Northwestern Memorial Study Tests Cancer Drug on Scleroderma Patients - Red Orbit
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