Jeff Craven

To improve pain relief, surgeons should proactively address stress, distress, and ineffective coping strategies.

This study finds that a cardiovascular disease prevention counseling program decreases the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Use of the anti-apoptotic protein B-cell lymphoma 2 inhibitor venetoclax reduced total lymphocyte and disease-relevant B cells in women with SLE.

Researchers recommended against including MRI in the Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis.

To improve pain relief, surgeons should proactively address stress, distress, and ineffective coping strategies.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis using tumor necrosis factor inhibitors and corticosteroids have increased risk of herpes zoster.

A study analyzes whether underlying sacroiliac erosions may be present in patients with nonradiographic axial spondylarthritis who have normal radiographs.

In ankylosing spondylitis, syndesmophytes are a more useful imaging marker of spinal fusion.

Researchers have created a set of 21 candidate criteria for SLE as part of a multiphase development of a set of criteria for the disease.

The clinical benefits of beginning ART early outweigh the decrease outcomes related to bone mineral density.

The researchers noted that the small changes in lipid profile do not account for the cardiovascular benefits seen in patients taking etanercept.

This study found that severely obese women had significantly higher erythrocyte sedimentation rate levels than women with a normal body mass index.

Patients in the intervention group saw improvements in WOMAC and 6MWT scores after participating in adapted exercise programs.

Long-term hydroxychloroquine use, combined with low-dose aspirin, protected against thrombosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who do not respond well to methotrexate monotherapy may succeed with combination therapy.

Colecalciferol did not show a reduce risk for fracture or falls in middle age patients taking a monthly dose.

Patients with tophaceous gout undergoing combination therapy with lesinurad and febuxostat showed a greater degree of symptom resolution than with febuxostat monotherapy.

Ongoing inflammation related to JIA may put first-time mothers at risk for complications.

First-line triple therapy for RA shows similar clinical benefit, significantly lower treatment costs compared with etanercept-methotrexate therapy.

Researchers found similar disease duration the 3 months before and after the switch to CT-P13 in patients.

Stroke was more likely to occur in patients with RA who experienced another serious adverse event 30 days prior.

Clinicians should consider the risk/benefit of prescribing TNFIs to children with idiopathic arthritis.

This study shows that populations exposed to more cadmium in their diet were at a disproportionately increased risk of developing osteoporosis.

The presence of tophi at baseline was associated with an almost 3-fold increased risk for death from all causes.

Testosterone replacement therapy may help improve bone mineral density and strength in older men.

Weight loss in patients at risk for osteoarthritis helped slow degeneration of knee cartilage over 48 months.

The guidelines were established by a mutidisciplinary group of experts with a goal of optimizing lupus outcomes for all patients.

A matched cohort study compared the risk of incident stroke in individuals with SLE with individuals without SLE in the general population.

Celecoxib plus a proton pump inhibitor reduces risk for recurrent upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with arthritis using NSAIDs who are at risk for cardiovascular, gastrointestinal events.

Researchers from Iran conduct a meta-analysis to determine the prevalence and risk for metabolic syndrome among patients with rheumatoid arthritis.