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UrduA new intervention to help young people with chronic childhood arthritis overcome barriers to physical activity and mental wellbeing will be developed by University of South Australia researchers.
Tag: Juvenile Arthritis
Early Combined Treatment with Biologic and Conventional DMARDs Could be Effective for Polyarticular Juvenile Arthritis
New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, found that patients started on early, aggressive treatment with a combination of biologic and conventional disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) achieved clinically inactive disease in children with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) more frequently compared to other treatment plans 24 months after starting treatment.
Biologics Now Most Common Treatment for Children with Systemic JIA, and Many Have Excellent Results
New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, shows that biologics were the most common initial treatment prescribed to treat systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients in one major registry.
Children Who Take Prescription Steroids at Increased Risk for Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Blood Clots
Children who take oral steroids to treat asthma or autoimmune diseases have an increased risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, and blood clots, according to Rutgers researchers.