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EULAR 2015 Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment Guidelines The management of psoriatic disease, including… rheumnow.com These are my experience-based recommendations on treating PsA: 1) Use a csDMARD (eg MTX) whenever possible. It…

Knee Replacement Surgery Works, but So Can Nonsurgical Techniques (Reuters Health)—Total knee replacement can usually relieve pain and improve function, but a nonsurgical regimen can also be effective in some…

Low-Grade Inflammation in Symptomatic Knee OA Although osteoarthritis (OA) was formerly considered a non-inflammatory joint disease, it’s now well-appreciated that inflammatory mediators, such as PGE2… www.the-rheumatologist.org Osteoarthritis is Inflammatory. This…

Weight Loss May Spare Knee Cartilage Losing more than 10 percent of body weight was linked to slower degeneration of cushioning in joints consumer.healthday.com 10% weight loss retards Knee Osteoarthritis…

Vitamin-D Deficiency Linked With Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases By Brian Hoyle... dgnews.docguide.com Less Vitamin D, More Inflammation. Once in a while, something cheap can be effective. And Vitamin D is…

Prudent Diet Reduces Risk of RA and Gout The 2015 ACR meeting in San Francisco highlighted several studies wherein dietary patterns predicted a reduced risk of both rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…

New immunotherapy drug behind Jimmy Carter's cancer cure Former president given pembrolizumab, one of the most promising new drugs in the treatment of cancer www.theguardian.com A "checkpoint inhibitor" is "curing"…

Long-Distance Running Takes Toll on Joints, But It May Be Temporary Cartilage between knee, ankle and foot joints has ability to regenerate, study suggests consumer.healthday.com Ultramarathoners suffer significant JOINTS and…