Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked to Low Levels of Anaerobic Bacteria in Gut It is really nice to see research linking autoimmune conditions to the bacterial flora in the gut. While most patients and their doctors would give me “just commit him” looks if I suggested that a patients’ GI tract could be a contributing factor to […]
Benefit of Tripterygium Wilfordii Hook F in rheumatoid arthritis That’s the beauty of natural medicine…just when you think you have at least a partial grasp on many therapeutic against you get hit with a curve. When I first read this I thought it was a new approach to RA, but apparently this agent has had […]
High incidence of cardiovascular events in a rheumatoid arthritis Do we need any more evidence that CVD has a strong inflammatory component? I would think not, and anti-inflammatory lifestyles/approaches should be an integral part of any intervention designed to lower risk of CVD. I recently had a patient that we ran a CRP on looking for inflammation […]
Relative importance of genetic effects in rheumatoid arthritis Actually, this study shows the relatively “un” importance of genetics. While I do believe that genetics plays a role in development of this condition, I feel that (much like most other chronic diseases), it is the environment that we plunge these genes into. Given this study’s findings, […]
Telopeptides as markers of bone turnover in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis This is an interesting route of attack on a different way to measure disease severity with RA. Using the breakdown products of bone in the urine as a way to check bone status is by no means new. But in this study, these bone […]
