Search results for: obesity

Metabolic Biosensor Implicated in Gout

AMP-activated protein kinase may be link between nutritional excess, inflammation that leads to gout

Susan Bernstein | January 1, 2015

How obesity, metabolic stress, inflammation contribute to rheumatic diseases

Susan Bernstein | January 1, 2015

Nurses’ cohort of 38 years provides wealth of patient information, research for rheumatologists

Staff | January 1, 2015

Proper coding for cases of drug-induced gout, systemic lupus erythematosus with lung involvement, inflammatory rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis

Richard Quinn | November 21, 2014

Study finds consuming one or more sugar-sweetened sodas daily can increase women’s chance of developing seropositive RA by more than 60%

Lynne Feehan, PhD, PT, and Marie Westby, PhD, PT | November 1, 2014

Physical activity can improve mobility, strength and bone health, reduce fall risk for patients with RA

Lara C. Pullen, PhD | September 1, 2014

Research suggests patients with metabolic disorders, such as diabetes, might benefit from antiinflammatory drugs used to treat immunlogical disorders

Plus, rheumatology drug news from EULAR 2014

Kathy Holliman | August 1, 2014

Researchers found patients with morbid obesity, gout and diabetes achieved target serum urate concentrations post-bariatric surgery

Working both to support bone formation and suppress it, a new study reveals orexin neuropeptides are essential regulators of skeletal homeostasis