Inflammation

Patients with primary knee osteoarthritis who received at least 3 months of oral methotrexate demonstrated significant improvement in physical function and inflammation vs. patients who received glucosamine, noted a presenter at ACR 2020.

The intersection of immunology and rheumatology may be a fruitful source of information regarding COVID-19 therapeutic possibilities and vaccine development, according to the keynote speaker at ACR 2020.

The Mediterranean diet was associated with lower inflammation in older adults, a recent analysis showed.

Adherence to a high-fiber diet may aid in mediating systemic inflammation and decrease the risk for respiratory morbidity, including asthma, according to study results published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

A 1 mg dose of estradiol reduced biomarkers of inflammation tied to atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women — particularly those in early menopause — participating in the Early vs. Late Intervention Trial with Estradiol.

The association between psoriatic disease and cardiovascular disease has been known for the past decade, but new research aims to determine if long-term psoriasis treatment affects heart health.

Patients with myositis typically present with telltale muscle inflammation. However, properly identifying the source of inflammation can be a challenging prospect for clinicians, especially when other diseases bear oddly similar features.

New analyses of the phase 2b PATHWAY study demonstrate that treatment with tezepelumab reduced asthma exacerbations and inflammation in a broad population of patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma.

Atherosclerotic CVD has long been recognized as an inflammatory disease.

As COVID-19, the viral ‘storm of the century’, continues to batter health care systems across the world, clinicians and researchers are scrambling to understand the virus and how to contain it. The process is imperfect; despite international research efforts, the data, as yet, have been simultaneously overwhelming and insufficient.