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Y! Health Arthritis News
Y! Health Arthritis News, updated continuously.

• High Birth Weight Doubles Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis (HealthDay)

  Posted on 30 Jun 2008 at 11:46 pm
  HealthDay - MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of rheumatoid arthritis is twice as high in women who had a heavy birth weight (more than 10 pounds) than those with an average birth weight (7 to 8.5 lbs), a new study finds.
  

• Heavy babies prone to arthritis as adults (Reuters)

  Posted on 30 Jun 2008 at 1:15 pm
  Reuters - People who were heavier than average when they were born appear to be twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis as their normal birth-weight counterparts, researchers report.
  

• Hip Replacement Boosts Mobility at Any Age (HealthDay)

  Posted on 27 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Total hip replacements are beneficial and economical for seniors with osteoarthritis, regardless of their age, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
  

• Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Guidelines Updated (HealthDay)

  Posted on 26 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- New recommendations for the use of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been developed by the American College of Rheumatology.
  

• Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Boosts Melanoma Incidence (HealthDay)

  Posted on 20 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with methotrexate have an increased incidence of melanoma and other cancers, an Australian study says.
  

• FDA Panel Recommends Enbrel for Pediatric Patients (HealthDay)

  Posted on 18 Jun 2008 at 11:46 pm
  HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Wednesday that the psoriasis drug Enbrel be approved for use in children who have moderate-to-severe forms of the skin disease.
  

• Rheumatoid arthritis said to double heart risk (Reuters)

  Posted on 13 Jun 2008 at 6:37 am
  Reuters - People with rheumatoid arthritis have double the risk of suffering heart attacks or strokes and should be considered for treatment with statins and blood pressure drugs, rheumatology experts said on Friday.
  

• Cimzia reduces arthritis joint damage at 16 wks (Reuters)

  Posted on 12 Jun 2008 at 2:23 pm
  Reuters - Cimzia stops structural damage to joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis as soon as 16 weeks after the start of treatment, according to new data presented on Thursday.
  

• Golimumab Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms (HealthDay)

  Posted on 11 Jun 2008 at 11:46 pm
  HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- Adding monthly injections of golimumab to weekly doses of methotrexate helped most people with rheumatoid arthritis, even putting some into remission, two new studies show.
  

• J&J, Schering arthritis drug effective in trials (Reuters)

  Posted on 10 Jun 2008 at 6:08 pm
  Reuters - An experimental treatment for rheumatoid arthritis being developed by Johnson & Johnson and Schering-Plough Corp appeared to be effective and very safe in three late-stage trials, the companies said on Tuesday.