Eli Lilly arthritis drug baricitinib in combination with remdesivir gets USFDA okay to treat Covid Ruchika Sharma22 Nov 2020 11:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the emergency use of Eli Lilly and Co's arthritis drug, baricitinib, in...
ACR updates guidelines on Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis Hina Zahid18 Nov 2020 5:53 PM ISTATLANTA -- The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has released its updated guidelines for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) at ACR...
Sarilumab improves blood sugar in patients with RA with Diabetes: Study Dr. Nandita Mohan7 Nov 2020 12:00 PM ISTResearchers have found in a post-hoc analysis that treatment with interleukin (IL)-6 receptor inhibitor sarilumab is associated with a greater...
Sarilumab scores over adalimumab in improving physical function in RA: Study Dr. Nandita Mohan7 Nov 2020 11:17 AM ISTResearchers have found that sarilumab was associated with better improvements in physical function and morning compared with...
Weight fluctuation tied to advese CV events in Rheumatoid Arthritis Dr. Nandita Mohan28 Oct 2020 5:45 PM ISTResearchers have found recent changes and high variability in weight that may help in predicting cardiovascular events in patients suffering from...
Upadacitinib bests abracept in tough Rheumatoid Arthritis Cases: NEJM study Dr. Nandita Mohan22 Oct 2020 10:57 AM ISTUpadacitinib is an oral selective Janus kinase inhibitor to treat rheumatoid arthritis. The efficacy and safety of upadacitinib as compared with...
First reported UK case of sudden permanent hearing loss linked to COVID-19 Hina Zahid14 Oct 2020 10:30 PM ISTAlthough uncommon, sudden permanent hearing loss seems to be linked to COVID-19 infection in some people, warn doctors, reporting the first UK case in...
Thermography effective imaging method for rheumatoid arthritis: Study Medha Baranwal23 Sept 2020 5:00 PM ISTSingapore: When the ultrasound-detected joint inflammation is present, joints in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have significantly higher...
Oral glucocorticoids, PPI combo increases fracture risk in RA patients: ASBMR Medha Baranwal23 Sept 2020 9:33 AM ISTUK: The use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) with oral glucocorticoids (GCs) increases the risk of osteoporotic (OP) fractures in rheumatoid arthritis...
RA patients at lower risk of incident Diabetes compared to others, finds Study Dr. Nandita Mohan16 Sept 2020 6:15 AM ISTRheumatoid Arthritis patients are at lower risk of incident Diabetes compared to general population finds a new study.Earlier studies have shown that...
Rheumatoid Arthritis linked to lower risk of type 2 diabetes, claims study Dr Satabdi Saha14 Sept 2020 5:12 PM ISTRheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients had a lower rate of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM) compared to the general non-RA, hypertension,...
Mediterranean diet may protect women smokers from rheumatoid arthritis: Study Hina Zahid14 Sept 2020 9:45 AM ISTMediterranean diet, which is rich in olive oil, cereals, fruit and vegetables, fish, and a moderate amount of dairy, meat, and wine has been...
