Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and RA-interstitial lung disease are at an increased risk of lung cancer, according to the results of a retrospective, matched cohort study. "Prior studies have ...

Pollution caused by fire smoke has been linked to higher risk of rheumatoid arthritis-interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD). The study, which appears in Arthritis & Rheumatology, measured levels of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . RA-ILD was associated with an increased risk for infection vs. RA without lung disease. RA-associated ...

New findings reveal that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity significantly affects the severity of interstitial lung disease (ILD), both radiologically and physiologically, in patients with RA ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Our group was lucky enough to have several presentations at ACR 2023,” said Sparks, an associate professor of ...

Older age, male sex, and seropositivity are linked to a higher risk for rheumatoid arthritis– interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) with a usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern, while only ...

Janet Pope, MD, MPH, discusses screening and diagnostic approaches for interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other connective tissue diseases. Janet ...

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) causes significant morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Patients at high risk of ILD should be screened using ...

Analysis included 72,795 Veterans Health Administration patients with RA and 633,937 matched non-RA persons. HealthDay News — Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with a significantly increased ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE – University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a potential treatment for the respiratory symptoms of long COVID after discovering an unknown cause of the ...

As debilitating as osteoarthritis can be, it at least develops gradually. That may not seem like much consolation until you consider the other arthritis–rheumatoid arthritis–which in severe cases can ...