Medical Minute: Treatment Options For Rheumatoid Arthritis
In today’s episode of “Medical Minute,” WABE’s senior reporter Jim Burress and medical analyst Dr. Ford Vox talk about why nerve stimulation is poised to become an important new treatment option for people living with rheumatoid arthritis.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Koopman et al. Vagus nerve stimulation inhibits cytokine production and attenuates disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 2016 Jul 19;113(29):8284-9.
Smolen et al. Rheumatoid arthritis. Lancet. 2016 May 3. pii: S0140-6736(16)30173-8.
Arthritis Foundation. Future Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy: Nerve Stimulation.
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