The U.S. funds research on Rheumatoid Arthritis at a per-patient rate of about one-twelfth of similar diseases or those with comparable impact. The American College of Rheumatology found in 2007 “research funding for RA averages as little as $25.90 per patient and remains significantly low co...
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that affects about 0.1% to 2% of the population worldwide. Despite the development of several novel therapies, there is only limited benefit for many patients. Thus, there is room for new approaches to improve response to ther...
They just look at me….and usually utter something like “Yeah, my grandmother has arthritis too….” Or, “youre too young to have arthritis!” Thanks. That helps, really. No one gets it, unless they have it too…. Reply e-Patient Dave October 11, 2011 at 6:42 pmPermalink You...
Rheumatoid arthritis is a common inflammatory autoimmune disease. Although disease activity may be managed effectively with prescription drugs, unproven treatments such as magnet therapy are sometimes used as an adjunct for pain control. Therapeutic devi
50. Rindfleisch JA, Muller D: Diagnosis and management of rheu- matoid arthritis. Am Fam Physician 2005, 72(6):1037-47. 51. Pincus T: The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Core Data Set and derivative "patient only" indices to assess rheumatoid arthritis. Clin ...
Rheumatoid arthritis is a common inflammatory autoimmune disease. Although disease activity may be managed effectively with prescription drugs, unproven treatments such as magnet therapy are sometimes used as an adjunct for pain control. Therapeutic devi
One patient Figure 1 Flow-chart of the patients enrolled in the STRASS (Spacing of TNF-blocker injections in Rheumatoid ArthritiS Study). Fautrel B, et al. Ann Rheum Dis 2015;0:1–9. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206696 3 Clinical and epidemiological research Table 1 Patient characteristics ...
Free text may be qualifiers of the codes (e.g. Code “arthritis”; free text: “Inflammatory? Rheumatoid”); notes made by the clinician in the course of the consultation (e.g. Code “patient feels well”; free text “no joint pains at the moment. Has been advised prn ibuprofen for ...
Free text may be qualifiers of the codes (e.g. Code “arthritis”; free text: “Inflammatory? Rheumatoid”); notes made by the clinician in the course of the consultation (e.g. Code “patient feels well”; free text “no joint pains at the moment. Has been advised prn ibuprofen for ...