Rheumatoid Arthritis

The relationship between caffeine and rheumatoid arthritis has been inconsistent across prior studies.

Research shows more than a third of patients with rheumatoid arthritis met criteria for frailty, with prefrailty and robust groups closely following.

Methotrexate significantly lowered systolic blood pressure compared with sulfasalazine in adults with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis, suggesting potential cardiovascular benefits beyond its anti-inflammatory effects.

A global analysis showed that absolute deaths and disability-adjusted life-years related to smoking-attributable rheumatoid arthritis have continued to rise since 1990.

Women and adults younger than 65 years face higher risks of certain degenerative valvular heart disease subtypes than men and older adults, according to a study.

By week 16, researchers found 87.8% of patients achieved a satisfactory humoral response.

More than 8 in 10 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were taking 5 or more medications at once, a practice linked to older age, multiple comorbidities, and more than 2000 potential drug-to-drug interactions.

Janet Pope, MD, MPH, discusses screening and diagnostic approaches for interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other connective tissue diseases.

Real-world data suggest anti-TNF biosimilars for juvenile idiopathic arthritis offer comparable efficacy and safety to their brand name counterparts.

Many patients value conversations with their rheumatologists and oncologists more than just reading information from a website.

The lifestyle intervention included a whole-food plant-based diet, exercise, sleep, and stress management components.

High infection rates among younger adults suggest they either delay routine dental care and only seek treatment when conditions become severe, or face more barriers.

A new economic evaluation supports updating rheumatoid arthritis guidelines to favor biosimilar disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs over leflunomide after methotrexate failure.

Researchers called for standardized health outcome descriptors to help bridge communication gaps in rheumatology care and improve shared decision-making.

Osteoarthritis leads the burden, projected to affect 50% of postmenopausal women by 2045.

A global surge in rheumatoid arthritis with local hotspots highlights the need for targeted public health interventions.

Tocilizumab alone and in combination with methotrexate outperformed the latter drug in patients who did not adequately respond to conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.

Iron deficiency anemia increased the risk of death from any cause, while non-iron deficiency anemia was linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related death in rheumatoid arthritis.

The rate of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has increased over the last 32 years, with certain groups of interest facing higher burden, finds a new analysis.

The meta-analysis of 9 studies showed high sensitivity with slightly lower specificity with the less-invasive option for detecting lung complications in patients with the autoimmune disease.

The analysis of 3 dozen studies found similarities and differences in motivating factors for and against clinical trial participation among patients with the 2 autoimmune diseases.

Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis face a higher risk of hospitalization for heart failure and pulmonary edema, a new report found.

Many studies have examined how rheumatoid arthritis therapy affects the risk of metabolic comorbidities.

Jon Giles, MD, speaks to the power of personalized medicine and multidisciplinary care to enhance treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Efforts to more precisely select appropriate therapy for individual patients with rheumatoid arthritis have not yet yielded a clear-cut strategy, a new review finds.