Rheumatoid arthritis is a common chronic inflammatory and destructive arthropathy that
cannot be cured and that has substantial personal, social, and economic costs. The long …

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease in human
populations. 21 This definition is based on two fundamental assumptions: first, that human …

Objective To compare the incidence of cardiovascular (CV) events in persons with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with that in people from the general population, adjusting for …

Objective: To investigate the trends in incidence of extra-articular rheumatoid arthritis (ExRA)
in a well defined community based cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to …

Scientific advances in this field have not only given us a better understanding of what is an
optimal diet, but has allowed food and nutraceutical companies to market products with …

Objective. To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a chimeric monoclonal antibody to tumor
necrosis factor α (TNFα) in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods …

The cytokines IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha cause cachexia and hypermetabolism in animal
models, but their role in human inflammation remains controversial. The relationship …

Background: In July 1995, Chicago sustained a heat wave that resulted in more than 600
excess deaths, 3300 excess emergency department visits, and a substantial number of …

Mortality rates in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are 1.5-1.6 fold higher than in the
general population, with similar patterns over 60 years. The acute attributed causes of death …

▪ Objective: To explore the role of HLA-DRB1 genes in determining disease severity in
rheumatoid arthritis.▪ Design: Case series of patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis.▪ …