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Christine Miller

posted 11/22/2006, comment (1)

Merck’s Vioxx Replacement Gets Mixed Reviews

On November 13th, the Associated Press released an article showing mixed reviews of Arcoxia, the cox-2 inhibitor drug that Merck is hoping to market as a replacement for its drug Vioxx. Merck pulled Vioxx off the market in late 2004 because of studies showing an increased risk of heart attack / cardiovascular events when taking the drug.The... Read more Chevron

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Christine Miller

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posted 11/09/2006, comments (0)

New Study Challenges Theory that RA is an Autoimmune Disorder

In a new study published in the November 2006 issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism, scientists at the University Of Michigan Medical School reported evidence that challenges longstanding theories about the cause of rheumatoid arthritis.The focus of the study was to discover why almost 95 percent of RA patients have a common sequence of DNA (called... Read more Chevron

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Christine Miller

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posted 11/03/2006, comments (0)

FDA Approves New Diagnostic Test for RA

Last week, Phadia US Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had cleared EliA (TM) CCP, the first fully automated assay for measuring cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibodies. CCP is an indicator for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that is found in the blood. Phadia believes that this test will allow physicians to diagnose RA... Read more Chevron

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Christine Miller

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posted 08/16/2006, comments (0)

Smoking Doubles the Risk of Developing RA

We all have read that smoking increases the risk of lung cancer, heart disease and strokes. There have also been numerous studies published over the years linking long term heavy smoking to increased risk of seropositive RA and to severe arthritis activity. Smoking has also been shown to be a risk factor for rheumatoid nodules in early stages of... Read more Chevron

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Mark Borigini, M.D.

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posted 07/27/2006, comments (3)

Research Update: Caffeine, Marijuana and RA

I was in Berkeley, California a couple of weeks ago, and was struck by the prevalence of Starbuck’s coffee and marijuana among the fine citizens of that liberal city. And as luck would have it, there have recently been research findings presented on the topics of caffeine and marijuana and their effects upon patients with rheumatoid... Read more Chevron

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