Women with an age at first birth younger than 26 or older than 35 years have a higher risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis later in life.

A PREVIOUS publication 1 discussed the etiology, the signs, the symptoms and the laryngeal picture of cricoarytenoid arthritis. Since the publication of this paper, which was based on 4 cases, 13 ...

Current research has not found an association between rheumatoid arthritis and appendicitis, but some studies found a link between other autoimmune diseases and appendicitis.

Prodromal high fever was noted in all 12 patients with acute onset of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; prodromal low-grade fever preceded arthritis in 5 patients with polyarticular and 1 with ...

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are associated with an increased risk for heart failure, particularly heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Cold/hot modalities are the most commonly used physical agents in arthritis treatment. It is well known that cold application is mostly used in acute stages whereas hot is used in chronic stages ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory ... However, exercise should be undertaken only when there is no acute pain; otherwise, pain and inflammation are aggravated.

Steroids are powerful anti-inflammatory drugs that can treat many forms of arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and other forms of inflammation such as vasculitis. Although effective ...

A multicenter prospective study found no link between a high polygenic risk score for rheumatoid arthritis and increased toxicities from cancer radiotherapy.

For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a detectable level of ... finds a study in The BMJ today. Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is usually one of three diseases involving the coronary ...