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The latest rheumatology news from News Medical |
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| | PEMF therapy offers drug-free pain relief for RA patients
A review by Ganesan (2009) found that “PEMF not only alleviates the pain in the arthritis condition ... exerts anti-inflammatory action and helps in bone remodeling… this could be developed as a viable alternative for arthritis therapy”.
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| | Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a chronic and progressive form of damage to the heart valves resulting in dysfunction of the heart. It is a complication of an autoimmune disorder called acute rheumatic fever (ARF), which is in turn precipitated by group A streptococcal infections of the throat. | | | | In the largest single-center study of patients with rheumatologic diseases who were prescribed modern cancer immunotherapy with what are called immune checkpoint inhibitors, only a minority of patients experienced a flare of their rheumatologic disease or immune-related side effects. | | | | A strain of bacteria commonly found in milk and beef may be a trigger for developing rheumatoid arthritis in people who are genetically at risk, according to a new study from the University of Central Florida. | | | | Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a major cause of chronic and serious ill-health in developing countries. It is responsible for a leading share of heart disease in children and young adults, accounting for a quarter of a million deaths a year. It is actually an autoimmune disease, caused by the body’s abnormal reaction to an ordinary streptococcal Group A infection of the throat. | |
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