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Rheumatology

Study affirms effectiveness of medication for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

eurekalert.org     May 8, 2008    4 related    Send to a friend

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease that strikes children between the ages of newborn to 16 years. ... Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that strikes children between the ages of newborn to 16 years. Etanercept,...

Dr. Roy Altman Joins BioChemics Scientific Advisory Board to Advise on Clinical Development of...

redorbit.com     May 7, 2008    1 related    Send to a friend

BioChemics, Inc., a company "pioneering transdermal drug delivery," is pleased to announce that Dr. Roy D. ... Altman, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology at the University of California, Los Angeles and Past President of the Osteoarthritis...

Biotech Stocks' Various Lupus Therapies: Opportunity or Lost Cause?

seekingalpha.com     May 7, 2008    Send to a friend

Ketan Desai submits: For a long time, few drugs were developed for rheumatological diseases. It was considered unattractive from a commercial viewpoint since relatively few patients (compared to cardiovascular diseases, for example) suffered from them. It was also thought that this market had...

Synovitis: New findings from D.P.G. Jones and co-researchers in the area of synovitis described

newsrx.com     May 1, 2008    Send to a friend

According to recent research published in the Journal of Rheumatology, "We describe 7 cases of synovitis or arthritis occurring after commencement of alendronate for treatment of osteoporosis. These were cases from our practice or notified to the New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre, Dunedin, New...

Shock-Absorbing Shoes: Bad for Your Knees?

gather.com     Apr 29, 2008    Send to a friend

Shock-Absorbing Shoes: Bad for Knees? Study Shows Foot-Stabilizing Walking Shoes and Clogs May Put Strain on Arthritic Knees By Salynn Boyles WebMD Medical News Those shock-absorbing athletic . . . ... Shock-Absorbing Shoes: Bad for Knees? Study Shows Foot-Stabilizing...

Dose Escalation With Enbrel(R) Is Significantly Lower Than Other Commonly Used Anti-TNF Agents In...

medicalnewstoday.com     Apr 25, 2008    4 related    Send to a friend

New pan-European data presented at the British Society of Rheumatology's annual meeting in Liverpool demonstrate that patients treated with Enbrel® (etanercept) required significantly lower dose escalation than patients treated with infliximab and adalimumab in the first 12 months of therapy.

Best Foot Forward? ... Not For People With Arthritis, UK

medicalnewstoday.com     Apr 23, 2008    Send to a friend

Painful foot problems suffered by people with arthritis are seriously neglected and are subject to huge and unacceptable regional variations, according to a team of foot care experts. ... Only a quarter of patients who need foot health care have adequate access to NHS...

Immersion Medical and GMV Sign Agreement for New Virtual Reality Arthroscopy Simulation System

tmcnet.com     Apr 21, 2008    Send to a friend

Immersion Medical and GMV Sign Agreement for New Virtual Reality Arthroscopy Simulation System ... SAN JOSE, Calif. & MADRID, Spain --(Business Wire)-- Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ:IMMR), a leading developer and licensor of touch feedback technology...

Hospital to host bone disease conference

thisisthewestcountry.co.uk     Apr 18, 2008    Send to a friend

MEDICS from across the region will be discussing the challenges of the bone disease Osteoporosis at the Third Somerset Annual Medical Conference which is being hosted by Yeovil District Hospital on April 29. ... Yeovil Hospital's consultant rheumatologist, Dr Tom...

Eastern and Western Medicine Come Together At New San Diego Center

finanznachrichten.de     Apr 15, 2008    1 related    Send to a friend

The Institute for Specialized Medicine, a new, state-of-the-art medical center for integrative care of arthritis and autoimmune disorders, has opened ... ... The Institute for Specialized Medicine, a new, state-of-the-art medical center for integrative care of arthritis...