The new draft guidelines favor earlier DMARD therapy with ‘much decreased reliance on glucocorticoids that have several side effects in growing children,’ said rheumatologist Susan Shenoi, MS.

Objective Autoimmune rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), have recently been associated with an increased risk of cancer, particularly head and neck cancer (HNC). This study aimed ...

A scoping review published in Arthritis Care & Research compares existing recommendations for the use of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in pregnancy and reproductive health for women ...

NSAIDs are a group of drugs that help reduce inflammation, fever, and pain, and can also help prevent blood clots. Aspirin and ibuprofen are examples of widely used NSAIDs. They have been studied as a ...

Research has suggested a link between the development of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and the use of corticosteroids and NSAIDs; however, not all studies have demonstrated this finding. Bernatsky and ...

In their "Recommendations for the Use of Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Pregnancy and Reproductive Health for Patients with Rheumatic Disease: A Scoping Review," Chin and colleagues provide ...