FRIDAY, Dec. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- There is a bidirectional association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a review published ...

There is a bidirectional association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a review published online Dec. 1 in Frontiers in Immunology.

Seronegative RA is less common than seropositive RA. This means that you don't have the RF and anti-CCP antibodies in your blood, but you meet the other diagnostic criteria. As with adult RA, ...

A 3 percent decrease in seropositive RA risk was seen with each two-unit increase per week in total alcohol intake (moderate certainty). Reduced risk was also seen with increased intakes of fruit (per ...

Recombinant IL-40 up-regulated IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-8 (p<0.05 for all) in vitro. Conclusion We showed that IL-40 is significantly up-regulated in seropositive ERA and decreases after conventional ...

Furthermore, it will elucidate pathways that lead to long-term resolution of the pathophysiology underlying RA. To that end, we investigated the relationship between seroconversion and SDFR. In ...

Osteoarthritis is caused by the breakdown of cartilage that cushions your joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which your immune system attacks your body's own tissues in the ...

(HealthDay News) — There is a bidirectional association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a review published online Dec. 1 in Frontiers ...

(HealthDay News) — There is a bidirectional association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a review published online Dec. 1 in ...