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Date: Jan 16, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The U.S. prevalence of the Human Leukocyte Antigen B27 (HLA-B27) allele differs by ethnicity but is generally similar to previous estimates based on smaller scale studies, researchers have found.
Date: Jan 16, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Silent embolic cerebral infarctions occur in about one in six patients after undergoing coronary angiography, and the risk is related to the degree of platelet inhibition with aspirin and clopidogrel, a Korean study shows.
Date: Jan 12, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Custom orthotics may help relieve pain and elevated forefoot plantar pressures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to Scottish researchers.
Date: Jan 12, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, methotrexate poses no greater cardiac risks than any other non-biologic anti-psoriatic drug - and it may even attenuate those risks, according to researchers from Taiwan.
Date: Jan 12, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly two of every hundred women over 85 in the U.S. ended up in the emergency room with a hip fracture in 2008, according to what researchers say is the first-ever published study of ER visits for hip fractures in this country.
Date: Jan 11, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer from psoriasis may be at a greater risk for coronary artery disease, and a new study suggests the heart risks are higher in people who've had psoriasis longer.
Date: Jan 10, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Healthy people shouldn't be taking aspirin to prevent heart disease, researchers say in a new report that casts doubt on recommendations from U.S. health officials.
Date: Jan 5, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The novel drug MDX-1100 shows promise in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who have an inadequate response to methotrexate, according to a phase II trial published online December 6 in Arthritis & Rheumatism.
Date: Jan 5, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Bilateral oophorectomy may precipitate early menopause, but it does not seem to raise a woman's fracture risk, a new study suggests.
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