Targeted PET/CT tracer improves early prediction of treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis patients
A new targeted PET/CT tracer can detect treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis patients in as little as four…
Macrophage immune memory depends on lingering interferon gamma
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, have discovered that immune cells known as macrophages remain poised…
Arthritic Wellington pensioner George Lazaridis jailed for sex abuse of teen
A sexual attraction developed that ranged from low-level touching to mutual oral sex and continued for three years…
Urgent new alert as four ‘Victorian-era’ illnesses ‘re-emerge’
A health expert is warning that some conditions once closely associated with the Victorian era are making a…
‘I’ve never known pain like it’: Carol Vorderman on the one daily exercise which helps her arthritis
We all know Carol Vorderman as the Countdown legend who’s spent decades on our screens, but what you…
Pharmacist issues warning to 5 million people taking atorvastatin
The expert said that there are “side effects people should not ignore” Sophie Buchan Money and Lifestyle Writer…
Combination therapy improves cognition in Alzheimer’s models
In recent years, research into cannabis and its main psychoactive ingredient, Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), has unearthed medical benefits including…
Urate-lowering gout treatment can reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke
A groundbreaking new study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that medicines used to…
Rheumatoid arthritis has no cure – but researchers are homing in on preventing it
But multiple studies have now confirmed that rheumatoid arthritis has a preclinical stage of development. This is a time about three…
NHS ‘cautions’ as Brits taking atorvastatin could risk ‘serious’ side effects
Anyone currently taking the anti-cholesterol drug has been told they need to be careful about some other medications…
A Brazilian Plant May Help Treat Arthritis
New research published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology has suggested that Joseph’s coat, a plant used in traditional…
NHS message to anyone taking medication for arthritis
More than 10 million adults, young people and children in the UK live with arthritis, according to a…