News tagged with 'Rheumatoid Arthritis'

Genentech is revising the label on its drug Rituxan after a woman who was treated with it died from a rare brain infection known as progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The manufacturers of arthritis drugs have been ordered to strengthen existing warnings on the drugs’ prescribing information and Medication Guides, on the risk of developing a possibly fatal fungal infection.

Karolinska Institute in Sweden found that people who drink up to five glasses of wine a week have the risk of rheumatoid arthritis reduced by up to 50 percent, compared to those who drink very little. 

As if breast feeding was not good enough for baby, a Swedish study says that women who breast-fed for over a year had a substially reduced risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis, a painful auti-immune disease.