It's widely recognized that the risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease is increased about 1.5 to 2 times compared with that of the general population among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA ...

Autoimmune disorders are sometimes viewed as separate conditions, joint pain in rheumatoid arthritis, skin lesions in ...

Those suffering from the joint inflammatory disease rheumatoid arthritis are twice as likely to develop cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis – the hardening of arteries. With the knowledge ...

The analysis found: The overall cardiovascular disease-related death rate in individuals with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases declined from 3.9 to 2.1 per 100,000 in women and from 1.7 to 1. ...

A study review published in the journal Cureus suggests that fish oil supplements can boost learning, memory, cognitive ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients face very different risks for cardiovascular disease and events depending on their body mass index (BMI), use of biologic drugs for RA, and, crucially, whether ...

Patients with RA had a nearly 1.8-fold higher risk for incident heart failure compared with those without RA after adjusting for cardiovascular disease risk factors. (HealthDay News ...

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