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Arthritis News Archive06-Feb-2008
Rheumatoid Arthritis Doctor Visits Lack Depression Assessment (Medical News Today)
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common chronic inflammatory arthritis, are twice as likely as other individuals to experience depression. Although depression in primary care has been well studied, no studies have examined whether rheumatologists and RA patients discuss depression during medical visits.
Health Tip: Exercise Routines for Arthritis Patients (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Health Tip: Exercise Routines for arthritis Patients Category: Health News Created: 2/2/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/4/2008
Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked To Early Death From Cardiovascular Disease (Science Daily)
People with rheumatoid arthritis, an inflammatory autoimmune disease, tend to die younger and, largely from cardiovascular disease. One explanation for this increasingly recognized fact is that inflammation promotes atherosclerosis.
Longest-lived captive-born anteater dies at Santa Barbara Zoo (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
A giant male anteater, misnamed Sophie, has died at the Santa Barbara Zoo. A zoo press release says Sophie, the longest-lived captive-born male in U.S. zoo history, was euthanized on January 31. Director of Animal Programs and Conservation Alan Varsik says the initial necropsy found severe arthritis. Varsik says zoo officials ?observed a significant decline in his mobility and apparent comfort ...
FDA Agrees to Review Cimzia(R) File for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Brussels, Belgium - February 6, 2008 at 7:00 am CET - UCB today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration agreed to accept, for filing and review, a biologics license application for Cimzia® for the treatment of adult patients with active rheumatoid arthritis.
Many Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferers Forced Into Early Retirement (Medical News Today)
A joint study on "The Burden of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Patient Access to Treatments" by authors from the Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden), the University of Lund (Sweden) and the Medical University of Vienna (Austria) has shown that the highest cost in rheumatoid arthritis results from patients having to leave the workforce early due to the disease.
Troubled PR plants made popular US drugs (Sharewatch)
(AP) - Top 20-selling drugs in the U.S. made in the Puerto Rico, with manufacturer and purpose: 1. Lipitor (Pfizer) -- high cholesterol 3. Zocor (Merck) -- high cholesterol 5. Plavix (BMS Sanofi) -- blood thinner 7. Aranesp (Amgen) -- anemia 8. Zoloft (Pfizer) -- depression 9. Epogen (Amgen) -- anemia 10. Enbrel (Amgen) -- rheumatoid arthritis 11. Procrit (Ortho Biotech) -- anemia 14. Norvasc ...
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