Last year, I wrote about research finding links between stress and depression and increased rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. Now, new research presented this month at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association shows that chronic stress can exacerbate inflammation and increases a person's risk of developing autoimmune inflammatory diseases like RA; neurodegenerative diseases, like MS, and central nervous system infections.
The research, which tested the effects of...
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I have read and heard first-hand accounts of RA flares being precipitated by periods of extreme stress. These are not scientifically... Read more »
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It’s still amazes me how Rheumatoid Arthritis can affect so many different aspects of my life. Here I am, many years after my... Read more »
People suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and other illnesses causing chronic pain often experience stress and are significantly more... Read more »
Scientists working with mice have found that a type of bacteria that lives in the gut may trigger an immune response that can lead to rheumatoid... Read more »
A review of previous studies has found a link between the use of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors such as Remicade (infliximab), Enbrel... Read more »
On May 20, 2006, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) ran a story about the drug choices available to people with RA. Reporter David Hamilton reviews the... Read more »
According to a new study, people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at a 60 percent greater risk of heart attack just one year after being ... Read more »
Scientists have found seven new clusters of defective genes that they say may be responsible for the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The... Read more »
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