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RA Brings an Increased Risk of Chickenpox and Shingles
A study published in the December issue of Arthritis Care and Research found that RA patient are nearly twice as likely to develop herpes zoster (also known as shingles) as people without RA. This large, dual country population-based study also found that people with RA who take DMARDs or oral corticosteroids seem to be at higher risk than people... Read more
posted 01/04/2008, comments (5)|
How Rheumatoid Factor Affects Treatment Decisions
My last blog discussed the Rheumatoid Factor, its significance, and perhaps its insignificance. The bottom line, however, is that rheumatologists are on a seemingly never-ending quest to find ways to predict who among our patients will have a worse outcome, and therefore are perhaps deserving of being treated aggressively even before their... Read more
posted 11/20/2007, comment (1)|
precipitating factors that induce Rheumatoid Arthritis
I am still puzzled as to how at this stage in my life (54)I developed RA.I experienced a few years of a very stressful workplace coupled with repeated throat infections that were thought to be strep but turned out not to be.I then explosively developed RA very suddenly last November.This saw me on sick leave for 6 months,resigning from my Director... Read more
posted 10/15/2007, comments (4)|
When Will Gene Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis Become a Reality?
The recent death of a rheumatoid arthritis gene therapy study subject caused not only sorrow at the loss of life, but also concern regarding the future of gene therapy, at least in the minds of some. For the time being, the company, Targeted Genetics Corporation of Seattle, has halted the study. The other 126 subjects are being... Read more
posted 10/02/2007, comments (0)|
