Is a Clinical Trial Right for You? Many benefits go with participating in an ankylosing spondylitis clinical trial, but trials aren’t always a good fit for everyone. You may leave the trial, for any ...

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD Key Takeaways Blood tests are sometimes used to help confirm or rule out conditions causing back pain.A complete blood count (CBC) may show infections or ...

Ivarmacitinib, a highly selective Janus kinase 1 (JAK1) inhibitor, tamed ankylosing spondylitis with sustained efficacy through 24 weeks in a phase 2/3 trial. A phase 2/3 trial in China evaluated the ...

Ankylosing spondylitis can be a devastating disease. But the good news is that the future is brighter than ever before. Here’s why I’m so optimistic. Doctors -- including primary care physicians -- ...

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U ntil recently, the treatments for ankylosing spondylitis — a chronic, inflammatory type of arthritis that primarily affects the spine — have lagged behind those of other forms of arthritis. Luckily, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Interventions to prevent lumbar and thoracic movement restriction in patients with AS may require early ...

Persistent back pain in young adults could signal ankylosing spondylitis, a chronic inflammatory disease that can fuse the spine. Experts explain symptoms, risks and lifelong management.

Researchers from Skoltech contributed to a large study made by colleagues from Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of bioorganic chemistry and other ...

A change in medication may cause new or worsening symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis, even if other symptoms improve. A doctor may need to prescribe a combination of medications to relieve a person’s ...

For decades, ankylosing spondylitis was considered a man’s disease, but new research reveals something shocking: ankylosing spondylitis hits women differently and nearly as frequently as men, yet ...