People with ankylosing spondylitis or psoriatic arthritis who take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins seem to live longer than people who don’t take them, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. They presented their findings recently at the American College of Rheumatology’s 2016 Annual Meeting.

在之前的一项研究中，马萨诸塞总医院的研究人员发现，服用他汀类药物的类风湿关节炎(RA)患者寿命更长，他们想知道这些药物是否会为其他类型的炎症性关节炎患者提供类似的好处，such asankylosing spondylitis(AS) andpsoriatic arthritis(PsA). AS mainly affects the spine, especially the sacroiliac joint where the spine meets the pelvis. PsA affects joints as well as skin.
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