The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors that are of metabolic origin, and include atherogenic dyslipidemia, hypertension, and hyperglycemia. In RA patients, several other factors increase the risk of developing the syndrome. Future Rheumatology
Intra-articular glucocorticoids decrease the synovial tissue T-cell count in rheumatoid arthritis, but is this mediated through modulation of apoptosis? Arthritis Research & Therapy
Although natural autoantibodies constitute the predominant portion of circulating immunoglobulins, they have received little attention lately, and their precise role remains largely unknown. Arthritis Research & Therapy
When Massachusetts voters elected Republican Scott Brown to the US Senate, they threw a wild card into the poker game called healthcare reform. Medscape Medical News
