Rheumatology

Some reduce risk more than others.

Canadian Rheumatology Association’s “living” treatment recommendations provide contemporary guidance on the management of patients with axial spondyloarthritis.

The presence of certain proteins could act as an alarm signal announcing the disease before it reaches the acute phase.

Descriptions of flare-related nightmares in the study often involved being attacked, trapped, crushed or falling.

 Current guidelines recommend weight loss to help manage gout, but a clinical trial conducted in Denmark brings that advice into question.

Both gout and arthritis can cause pain and stiffness in multiple joints. But otherwise, the two tend to follow different patterns.

A 26-week placebo-controlled study showed no benefit of krill oil in people with knee osteoarthritis who have significant knee pain and effusion-synovitis.

Supervised fasting lasting an average of seven to eight days resulted in a significant reduction in pain and improvement in quality of life.