This is an antibody found in the blood of most people who have rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic diseases. White blood cell count. This measures the number of white blood cells in the blood.

Objectives Fatigue is prevalent in people with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (I-RMDs) and recognised as one of the most challenging symptoms to manage. The existence of multiple ...

Objective To identify the best evidence on the efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions in reducing fatigue in people with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (I-RMDs) and to ...

Background: The Wait Time Alliance recently established wait time benchmarks for rheumatology consultations in Canada. Our aim was to quantify wait times to primary and rheumatology care for patients ...

Review Article Published: April 2007 Treatment of chronic pain in pediatric rheumatic disease Yukiko Kimura & Gary A Walco Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology 3, 210–218 (2007) Cite this article ...

A majority of sufferers of rheumatic diseases such as arthritis and fibromyalgia have turned to complementary and alternative therapies in search of relief. Which, if any, offer benefit?

About 300,000 children under the age of 16 have arthritis or some other form of rheumatic disease, according to the Arthritis Foundation. Anyone can get arthritis, but the risk increases with age.

Valvuloplasty is now widely accepted as the best method of treatment of mitral valve regurgitation, but repair for rheumatic mitral valve disease is commonly believed to yield poorer results by ...

Background We describe the early experiences of adults with systemic rheumatic disease who received the COVID-19 vaccine.Methods From 2 April to 30 April 2021, we conducted an online, international ...

Therapy Insight: The Changing Spectrum of Rheumatic Disease in HIV Infection Rashmi M. Maganti; John D. Reveille; Frances M. Williams Disclosures Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol. 2008;4 (8):428-438.

The team at Rheumatic Disease Center – with locations in Glendale and Milwaukee – is at the forefront of diagnosis and treatment in Wisconsin, helping improve the lives of their patients. “We’re an ...

Studies show nurses play a critical role for people with rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases by European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology, EULAR edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan ...