Sheila Jacobs

Researchers compared the real-world absolute and relative effectiveness in patients with RA of starting any of the available biologic DMARDs.

Researchers observed substantial statewide variation in rates of treatment with long-term opioid therapy in osteoarthritis.

Researchers used optical coherence tomography angiography to measure retinal microvascular blood flow in patients with systemic sclerosis with no clinical signs of retinal involvement.

However, women with PsA were less likely to use any form of contraceptive compared with women with RA.

Investigators examined the efficacy and safety of anakinra in medically complex, hospitalized patients with acute gout and calcium pyrophosphate crystal arthritis.

Data show that current smoking status was inversely associated with primary Sjogren syndrome.

Smoking was independently associated with an adverse disease profile in patients with axial spondyloarthritis.

Short-term treatment of weight loss with a very low-energy diet was associated with significant positive effects on disease activity in patients with psoriatic arthritis and obesity.

Evidence shows a disconnect between disease activity and radiographic progression in patients with PsA receiving adalimumab.

Considerable numbers of patients with psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden are not receiving optimal therapy, according to results of a Scandinavian survey.