Rheumatology

Study Results Demonstrate More Patients With Early Erosive Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated With ORENC..

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced results from a Phase IIIb study in adult patients with early moderate-to-severe erosive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had never received previous methotrexate (MTX)...

Data Demonstrate ORENCIA(R) (Abatacept) Improves Health-Related Quality of Life, Pain and Sleep...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco results from a 10-month study which showed that ORENCIA(R) (abatacept), compared...

Etanercept, Methotrexate Safe for Juvenile RA (HealthDay)

MONDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The drugs etanercept and methotrexate are safe and effective for long-term, continuous treatment of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, new research finds. In a three-year study that enrolled...

Data Demonstrate ORENCIA(R) (abatacept) Improves Health-Related Quality of Life, Pain and Sleep...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco results from a 10-month study which showed that ORENCIA® (abatacept), compared to...

Data Demonstrate ORENCIA(R) (abatacept) Improves Health-Related Quality of Life, Pain and Sleep...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco results from a 10-month study which showed that ORENCIA® (abatacept), compared to...

Study Results Demonstrate More Patients With Early Erosive Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated With...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced results from a Phase IIIb study in adult patients with early moderate-to-severe erosive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had never received previous methotrexate (MTX)...

Etanercept, Methotrexate Safe for Juvenile RA

new research finds. In a three-year study that enrolled about 600 patients, aged 2 to 18, some of the children took methotrexate alone, others took etanercept alone, and another group took both drugs. Etanercept was given as...

New Drug May Strengthen Women's Bones

MONDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The drug denosumab can boost bone mass in postmenopausal women, according to a study that followed almost 1,200 women, average age 64, with low bone mass for more than one year. Denosumab...

Rheumatoid Arthritis a Threat to the Heart

MONDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- These are the conclusions of three reports presented at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) annual scientific meeting, which runs from Oct. 24-29, in San Francisco. "Rheumatoid...

Treatment Guidelines for Psoriatic Arthritis

Rheumatologists, dermatologists, and patient advocates have come together to publish the first-ever international guidelines for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis, a disease that mainly affects people who have psoriasis but...