Share on Pinterest A new clinical trial found that abatacept, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, may also help to prevent the disease. filadendron/Getty Images A study has found that the drug ...

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and RA-interstitial lung disease are at an increased risk of lung cancer, according to the results of a retrospective, matched cohort study. "Prior studies have ...

The therapeutic drug pirfenidone has been found to be a potential treatment for rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, National Jewish ...

Autoimmune disease hair loss can happen with alopecia areata, lupus, thyroid diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and scalp psoriasis. Each disease has different effects, ...

Researchers in Korea have found Behçet disease (BD), a rare systemic inflammatory disease, is associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients with BD were 8.85 times ...

Commonly used drugs that reduce joint inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis also reduce vascular inflammation and cardiovascular risk, finds a new study. People with rheumatoid arthritis ...

Share on Pinterest A new study identified six biomarkers of rheumatoid arthritis that were associated with changes in inflammation of arteries. KTSDESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Rheumatoid ...

Doctors explain why women face a higher risk of autoimmune diseases like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and thyroid disorders, ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the most common immune-mediated diseases. Its primary manifestation is inflammatory arthritis characterized by symmetric, polyarticular pain and swelling, typically ...

As debilitating as osteoarthritis can be, it at least develops gradually. That may not seem like much consolation until you consider the other arthritis–rheumatoid arthritis–which in severe cases can ...

Joints, heart tissues, and bones are some of the main targets of inflammation-driven damage possible if you have rheumatoid arthritis While medications can help manage RA, they may also lead to ...