The drug abatacept has been found to be a useful preventative tool in tackling painful inflammation - Thai Liang Lim/Getty Images Rheumatoid arthritis is chronic, long-lasting and incurable, but a ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is on the rise. In fact, a recent global study in Lancet Rheumatology predicts that RA cases are expected to increase by more than 80 percent over the next 26 years. And ...

What is Rheumatoid Arthritis? Rheumatoid arthritis develops when the immune system's white blood cells attack healthy tissues, a process called an "autoimmune response." The most common target is the ...

Another common feature: Patients with a number of autoimmune diseases, especially women, often suffer heart attacks and ...

Few medical conditions seem as inevitable when aging as does arthritis. It's an understandable assumption considering that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the disorder ...

Managing symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may require trying different medicines to see what works best for you and your symptoms. The approval of Xeljanz has led to changes in how rheumatoid ...

Dr. Lewis Rosenbaum answers the question: 'What Is The ACR Scoring System?' — -- Question: What is the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) scoring system for rheumatoid arthritis and how does ...

In a large cohort of mostly male subjects, people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) had a higher risk of developing aortic stenosis, needing an aortic valve intervention, or dying of aortic stenosis, ...

Rajni* is a 55-year-old first-generation American Indian citizen of the United States who lives in Seattle. She recently started having pain, swelling, and stiffness in both her wrists, which has been ...