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 ...

A biomarker panel for IPF may identify RA patients at higher risk for ILD, supporting biological overlap between IPF and RA-ILD. The study involved over 2500 US veterans and showed strong associations ...

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 ...

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 ...

Genetic predisposition to rheumatoid arthritis increases the risk of interstitial lung disease by 15.5%, as shown by Mendelian randomization analysis. The study used 52 single nucleotide polymorphisms ...

Identification of peripheral blood markers of disease is a significant tool in many of our rheumatologic diseases due to the relative ease of a blood draw. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA) specifically, ...

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 ...

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who receive immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy for cancer do not appear to face higher mortality compared against patients without RA receiving the same ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) commonly causes fatigue and pain, stiffness, and swelling in your joints. Roughly 40% of people also experience one or more symptoms in areas outside the joint. These ...