After years of research, scientists have discovered that rheumatoid arthritis is often preceded by a silent, symptomless ...

Key Takeaways An invisible storm brews in the bodies of people developing rheumatoid arthritisThey experience widespread systemic inflammation before any joint pain developsThese patients also ...

Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, and somatic (VEXAS) syndrome is a newly identified disorder caused by an ...

Medically reviewed by Anita C. Chandrasekaran, MDMedically reviewed by Anita C. Chandrasekaran, MD There are two main types of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that affect adults: seropositive and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found a 2-fold increased risk for carpal tunnel syndrome prior to a diagnosis of rheumatoid ...

Compared with SNRA, SPRA was linked to a 29% higher risk of pneumonia and a 58% higher risk of hospitalization. Researchers noted that seropositivity may reflect greater systemic inflammation and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Details regarding arthralgia duration, morning stiffness or joint examination findings remain uncommon in ...

Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a type of inflammatory arthritis that affects the spinal joints and the joints that connect the bottom of the spine to the hip bones (the sacroiliac joints). Experts ...

The wide spectrum of manifestations of musculoskeletal inflammation in psoriatic arthritis makes standardized assessment of joint damage in psoriatic arthritis a challenge. Assessment of erosions and ...

The Gram-positive bacterium known as Streptococcus pneumoniae causes pneumococcal disease, which is transmitted via respiratory droplets and has a number of clinical manifestations that include ...