News tagged with arthritis drug

Gardasil does not trigger autoimmune conditions after vaccination

Gardasil, the human papillomavirus vaccine that is now recommended for male and female adolescents and young adults, does not trigger autoimmune conditions such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes or multiple ...

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

S. Korea approves sales of new stem cell drug

South Korea's government drug agency cleared the way Thursday for commercial sales of what it called the world's first approved medicine using stem cells collected from other people.

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New synthetic molecules treat autoimmune disease in mice

A team of Weizmann Institute scientists has turned the tables on an autoimmune disease. In such diseases, including Crohn's and rheumatoid arthritis, the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's tissues. But the scientists ...

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New discovery may lead to safer treatments for asthma, allergies and arthritis

Scientists have discovered a missing link between the body's biological clock and sugar metabolism system, a finding that may help avoid the serious side effects of drugs used for treating asthma, allergies and arthritis.

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created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Merck will pay $950M to settle Vioxx investigation

(AP) -- The Department of Justice said Tuesday that drugmaker Merck will pay $950 million to resolve investigations into its marketing of the painkiller Vioxx.

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created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study helps eliminate causes for joint pain linked to commonly used breast cancer drugs

Researchers exploring why some women who take a common breast cancer drug develop serious joint pain have eliminated two possible causes: inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune disease. Because of these findings, researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies factors linked with better medication response for treatment of juvenile arthritis

Among patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who initiated treatment with the drug etanercept, one-third achieved an excellent response, and this response was associated with low measures of disability at study ...

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created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Model of enzyme's structure could spur new therapies

In many pharmaceutical company and university laboratories, scientists are looking closely at kinase complexes because the enzymes play key roles in essential cell functions. By taking unusual steps to examine a kinase complex, ...

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created Nov 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New anti-inflammatory drugs might help avoid side effects of steroids

A new class of anti-inflammatory drugs may one day serve as an alternative to steroid medications and possibly help avoid the serious side effects of steroids, based on research findings at the Salk Institute for Biological ...

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created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chronic pain gene identified

British researchers say they have identified the gene that controls chronic pain, opening the door to new drug therapies that block the chemical processes that cause chronic back pain, headaches or arthritis.

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created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stopping arthritis before it starts

About 27 million Americans suffer from arthritis, and more than three million of those cases result from a joint injury, often in the knee, that provokes slow and steady cartilage deterioration.

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created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds more gut reaction to arthritis drugs

Patients often take drugs to lower stomach acid and reduce the chances they will develop ulcers from taking their anti-inflammatory drugs for conditions such as arthritis, but the combination may be causing major problems ...

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created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Defect in A20 gene expression causes rheumatoid arthritis

Researchers from VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) and Ghent University have shown that a defective gene can contribute to the onset of rheumatoid arthritis, an often-crippling inflammation of the joints that afflicts ...

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created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chloroquine finding may lead to treatments for arthritis, cancer and other diseases

In a study published recently in the journal Science Signaling Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) scientists demonstrate on the molecular level how the anti-malaria drug chloroquine represses inflammation, which may provid ...

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created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Common rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis medications are associated with reduced diabetes risk

Individuals with systemic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriasis, experience a 1.5 to 2-fold increased rate of cardiovascular disease. Previous research suggests that inflammation and insulin ...

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created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast