Nurse counseling improves pain, fatigue, and function in rheumatoid arthritis patients in small RCT
Nurse counseling program helps rheumatoid arthritis patients manage pain and fatigue
A single-center RCT of 90 RA patients in Turkey found that education plus 3 months of telephone nursing counseling significantly improved pa…
A nursing counseling program helped rheumatoid arthritis patients feel less pain and fatigue while improving their ability to do daily activ…
Review Links Gut Dysbiosis to Immune Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Could your gut health be linked to rheumatoid arthritis?
A review summarizes evidence linking gut dysbiosis to rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
People with rheumatoid arthritis often have less diverse gut bacteria linked to immune attacks on joints and a leaky gut barrier.
Phenotype-based pain management in RA patients shows improved outcomes in retrospective cohort
Can matching pain type to treatment help people with rheumatoid arthritis?
A retrospective cohort study of 287 rheumatoid arthritis patients found that phenotype-specific interventions (pharmacological, psychologica…
Matching pain type to treatment helped 287 rheumatoid arthritis patients reduce inflammation, anxiety, and depression while improving sleep …
Elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio correlates with higher mortality in rheumatoid arthritis
Higher blood cell ratio linked to increased mortality risk in rheumatoid arthritis patients
A meta-analysis of seven observational studies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis found elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) was…
A high blood cell ratio linked to severe inflammation raises the risk of death by 70% for people with rheumatoid arthritis.
Meta-analysis finds nausea in 24% and abdominal pain in 20% of RA patients on methotrexate
How common is nausea and stomach pain for RA patients on methotrexate?
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 37 studies involving 19,986 adult RA patients on methotrexate found pooled prevalence rates of 24.3…
Nearly one in five rheumatoid arthritis patients taking methotrexate experience nausea or stomach pain, with about 8.5% stopping the drug du…
Menopausal hormone therapy associated with modestly increased rheumatoid arthritis risk in meta-analysis
Menopausal hormone therapy linked to small increase in rheumatoid arthritis risk
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 5 studies with over 22 million person-years of follow-up in postmenopausal women found menopausal h…
Women using menopausal hormone therapy face a slightly higher risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, particularly with long-term use.