Are you really what you eat, and can this maxim be applied to rheumatoid arthritis risk? The results of a recent study suggest that healthy eating habits were significantly associated with lower rates of incident RA.
A new large cohort study called into question a bidirectional relationship between rheumatoid arthritis and periodontitis.
Investigators conducted a secondary analysis of the TARGET trial to determine differences in cardiovascular risk between rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with triple therapy or tumor necrosis factor inhibitor.
Glucocorticoid treatment for rheumatoid arthritis is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in both younger patients and older patients with high CV risk and in older patients with more comorbidities, according to this study.