Pfizer has received approval from the US FDA for its rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drug, Xeljanz, which is the first approved RA treatment in a new class of medicines known as Janus kinase inhibitors ...

This interview features Talisa King, who shared her experience navigating the health care system and living with rheumatoid ...

For far too many Americans, high drug prices can force difficult choices like whether to ration meds or pay for groceries. This has been true even for seniors covered by Medicare. Medicare is the ...

A top California health plan is set to offer one of the world’s biggest-selling drugs for free in a bid to show the medicine ...

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Blue Shield of California is set to offer Humira, one of the world’s top-selling drugs, to patients for free in a bid to show ...

Big Pharma had the money, but what they didn’t have was the power of over 50 million seniors who put their feet down and said “enough is enough.” ...

Targeted therapies for PsA are effective for reducing the use of symptomatic treatments, sick leave, and rates of hospitalization.

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In RA patients, fish oil helps suppress cartilage degradative enzymes, while also having an anti-inflammatory effect (7). A ...

Sep. 5, 2024 — Clinical studies have shown that periodontal disease with Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans can exacerbate symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but the molecular mechanisms ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with higher health care expenditures and suboptimal quality of life in U.S. adults, according to a study published online Aug. 6 in ACR Open Rheumatology.