WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The insensitivity of naked mole-rats to acid-induced pain could lead to better treatments for humans suffering from inflammatory arthritis, U.S. scientists say.

The arthritis treatment drug etanercept is more effective in younger patients who have low measures of disability and less history of using disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, a new study reports.

Swiss drug maker Novartis announced a potential treatment for a severe form of juvenile arthritis at the 2011 European Pediatric Rheumatology Congress in Belgium. The drug, which goes by the generic name canakinumab, did better than a placebo in a late-stage study measuring system improvements, the Associated Press reports. Almost 84 percent of patients who took the compound, labeled ACZ885 ...

Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said Friday a potential treatment for a severe form of juvenile arthritis did better than a placebo in a late-stage study measuring symptom improvements.

Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said Friday a potential treatment for a severe form of juvenile arthritis did better than a placebo in a late-stage study measuring symptom improvements.