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| Men with RA at increased risk for heart trouble NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men older than age 50 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of suffering major heart-related events, research shows, and the level of RA disease activity predicts these events independent of traditional cardiovascular risk factors, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol, researchers found. |
| Arthritis may be triggered by environmental factors NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A number of environmental exposures, including trauma, are associated with the onset of inflammatory arthritis in patients with psoriasis, findings published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases indicate. |
| Retired US justice O'Connor speaks on Alzheimer's WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retired U.S. Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor made a rare public appearance on Wednesday with emotional testimony in Congress in which she told how Alzheimer's disease had forced her to bring her husband to work with her. |
| New charges allege Barry Bonds lied about steroids SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal grand jury brought a longer array of perjury charges against baseball home run king Barry Bonds on Tuesday after a judge tossed out earlier allegations of lies about past steroid use. |
| Heart-surgery drug pulled from U.S. market BOSTON (Reuters) - Bayer AG is removing remaining supplies of its heart-surgery drug Trasylol from the U.S. market after a long-awaited study found it raised the risk of death compared to two alternatives, U.S. regulators said on Wednesday. |
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