"Screening for cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is something we're all thinking about right now," said Katherine P. Liao, MD, of Harvard University and Brigham and ...

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

Rheumatoid arthritis, a debilitating autoimmune disease, affects over 1% of the global population, including 1.3 million Americans. The condition occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks ...

Women with the autoimmune diseases rheumatoid arthritis, lupus or systemic sclerosis may have a higher rate of death related to cardiovascular disease than men with the autoimmune diseases ...

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

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity and inflammatory markers are associated with major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (bDMARD ...

Rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis are long-lasting inflammatory diseases that gradually wear down joints. While ...

Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is generally therapy with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). However, glucocorticoids are also used in the short term, particularly when just ...

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.

Women with certain autoimmune diseases were more than twice as likely to die from heart disease compared to men, according to a new study. The gender gap was greatest with rheumatoid arthritis ...

It took about two years to get the disease under control. Sharma said unattended rheumatoid arthritis can lead to complications with lungs, cardiovascular systems and skin, among other issues.

Objectives Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have substantially elevated risk for cardiovascular diseases, and low cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max) is a major mediator. The aim of this ...