When Your Body Attacks Itself - MSN Health & Fitness

When Your Body Attacks Itself MSN Health & Fitness Her internist performed blood tests, X-rays, and a physical exam that hinted at rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a disease that causes the immune system to attack joint linings, causing pain and stiffness. Unlike your grandma's arthritis, RA can attack the ...

Drug halts organ damage in inflammatory genetic disorder - The Virtual Medical Centre

The Virtual Medical Centre

Drug halts organ damage in inflammatory genetic disorder The Virtual Medical Centre A new study shows that Kineret (anakinra), a medication approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, is effective in stopping the progression of organ damage in people with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID).

Test Finds Rheumatoid Arthritis Before The Pain - KMGH Denver

Test Finds Rheumatoid Arthritis Before The Pain KMGH Denver Tripping and falling 'cause I will just shatter,” Nicols said. Rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, occurs when the body's own immune cells attack healthy tissues, causing bone to painfully scrape against bone at the joint. "The onset of RA can be explosive.

Positive top-line result for UCB's Cimzia in psoriatic arthritis - PharmaLive.com (press release)

Positive top-line result for UCB's Cimzia in psoriatic arthritis PharmaLive.com (press release) ? Submission to regulatory authorities planned by the end of 2012 following first results from the RAPID-PsA™ Phase 3 study of Cimzia® (certolizumab pegol) in psoriatic arthritis Brussels, Belgium, 16 February 2012, 0700 CET – regulated information ... and more »