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Rheumatoid Arthritis And Cardiovascular Disease
Getting To The Heart Of The Rheumatoid Arthritis-Cardiovascular Disease Controversy
I have discussed here more than once the increased risk of death in rheumatoid arthritis patients when compared to healthy individuals. Interestingly, one-third to one-half of premature deaths in rheumatoid arthritis is due to cardiovascular disease; and it appears that inflammation plays a large role in the hardening of the arteries seen in atherosclerosis. A good sense of the magnitude of the role of cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis is important because inflammation plays such ...
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Expert & Community Posts
Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Diabetes and the worsening of Rheumatoid Arthritis
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert...Rheumatoid Arthritis Obesity is a risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular... Read more »
Use of Anti-inflammatory Medications
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert...Because inflammation is thought to play a role in both rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular... Read more »
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Body Composition: The Skinny On Being Not So Skinny
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert...looking at the association of body composition in rheumatoid arthritis patients with overall... Read more »
Mortality Gap Between RA Patients and the General Population is Widening
By Christine Miller , Health Expert...longer. But it seems that for all the advances in Rheumatoid Arthritis drugs and treatments,... Read more »
Link Between Arthritis and Heart Disease Established
By HeartHawk , Health Expert...recently completed a study that has determined that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sufferers have a... Read more »
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...just a few short years ago." Richard Shirley, 64, an avid birdwatcher from Wrentham, Mass., battled rheumatoid arthritis in nearly every joint in his body for more than 25 years before he saw... Read more »C-reactive protein
...Your health care provider might use the CRP test to check for flare-ups of inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or vasculitis. The test might also be used to tell if... Read more »Rheumatoid Arthritis: The "Loser" Disease
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