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Psoriatic arthritis is also known as psoriatic arthropathy or arthropathic psoriasis. It is a type of inflammatory arthritis that appears in 5 to 7 percent of individuals that suffer from psoriasis. Most patients have tissue type HLA-B27. Many people link psoriatic arthritis with rheumatoid arthritis because of the fact that treatment is similar with both [...]

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In my last post, I wrote about the benefits and drawbacks of wearing splints and tried to give some suggestions for complying with a splinting regimen. I also thought that it might be helpful to talk about splinting for kids, and from a kid’s perspective.
Splinting is a major treatment modality for kids. While it offers [...]

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Vitamin E and vitamin C are both antioxidants, which are thought to protect against damage caused by reactive O2 radicals or free radicals. Free radicals are substances that can harm cells, tissues and organs and help cause damage in inflamed tissues and joints. Fruits and vegetables are rich in both, and it has been shown [...]

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Psoriatic arthritis and facet joints can be linked in some situations although it is very rare to see this happen. Facet joints are located in the posterior area of the spine. We have 24 vertebrae that make out the human spine. Between the vertebrae of each spinal segment we can locate 2 facet joints along [...]

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There was a huge amount of groundbreaking research and news to choose from. So I have grouped my choices into categories, rather than a standard top ten list. These are my choices, including the ones I think are the most exciting, the hottest topics, or the most thought provoking.
New drugs in development
In August, Pipex Pharmaceuticals, [...]

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Do women really have more severe arthritis than men? Are we more open or honest when answering questionnaires? Or are we just more likely to complain? Those are the questions raised for me by a research study published in the January issue of Arthritis Research and Therapy (and the many subsequent news articles written [...]

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Mothers who breast-feed for more than a year are around 50% less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis according to a new study published this month in the journal Annals of Rheumatic Diseases.
The study, conducted by researchers at the Malmo University Hospital in Sweden, compared 136 individuals who had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis to 544 [...]

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A recent study in the United Kingdom has isolated a gene, that causes people with rheumatoid arthritis to be as much as three times more likely to die prematurely from cardiovascular disease.
The study which was funded by the Arthritis Research Campaign and led by Dr. Tracey M. Farragher at the University of Manchester involved over [...]

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Psoriatic arthritis is an inflammatory disease that usually affects a number of different joints in the human body. We still do not know what really causes it and the treatment solutions we have need to be focused on reducing the symptoms exhibited. This includes swelling, inflammation and joint pain. Also, psoriatic arthritis is of many [...]

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Psoriatic arthritis is not a very common form of arthritis but it can be damaging and uncomfortable to live with. It is sometimes misdiagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis when it affects joints in a similar pattern but this only happens in around half of the cases that exist around the world. In the other half we [...]

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