This study investigated the effect of TNF inhibitors on serum uric acid levels in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Improved survival of patients with prostate and breast cancer has come at a cost. Clinicians need to be vigilant with preventive care for patients with these cancers to maintain their dental and bone health.
Researchers gauged the effect of concomitant pulmonary hypertension on clinical outcomes and late-onset progression of tricuspid regurgitation after mitral valve relapse for rheumatic mitral stenosis.
In patients undergoing surgery at a high-volume hospital in New York, community poverty did not increase the risk of total knee replacement failure in blacks or whites.
Bariatric surgery can impact rheumatic diseases, apart from it being an effective weight loss option for people with obesity and severe associated comorbidities.
The presence of a sleep disorder diagnosis has a significant effect on low back pain (LBP)-related health care visits and costs, independent of pain intensity and disability.
From 1999 to 2017, there was an increase in unintentional injury death rates, with variation in trends by leading causes of unintentional injury death.
Researchers determined whether the performance of the ACR-EULAR criteria for Sjögren syndrome was affected by the addition of salivary gland ultrasonography.
