Routine Health Overlooked
in Lupus Patients
Despite the higher risk for infections and other illnesses, people with lupus are not being vaccinated for pneumonia or influenza or screened for cervical and breast cancer as often as they should, according to a recent study.
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Lupus Mortality Worse in Men
Systemic lupus erythematosus or lupus is often thought of as a woman's disease since women are nearly 10 times more afflicted by it than men. However, despite its increased prevalence in women, men with the disease are at greater risk of dying earlier.
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Seeing Through the Fog of Fibromyalgia
People with fibromyalgia describe it as a fog-like state that hinders their memory and in turn their ability to complete tasks. They even have a name for it; fibro-fog. Now a new study sheds light on how fibro-fog affects people with fibromyalgia.
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Arthritis Cause Many to Make
Changes at Work
Canadian researchers have found that people with arthritis tend to change the kind of work they do and reduce their work hours. Some even end up quitting their jobs altogether.
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Bone Density Predicts Chances of Breast Cancer
(HealthDay News) -- Calculating a woman's bone mineral density appears to shed light on her risk for breast cancer.
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High Birth Weight Doubles Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis
(HealthDay News) -- The risk of rheumatoid arthritis is twice as high in women who had a heavy birth weight (more than 10 pounds) than those with an average birth weight (7 to 8.5 lbs), a new study finds.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Guidelines Updated
(HealthDay News) -- New recommendations for the use of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been developed by the American College of Rheumatology.
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