Investigators reviewed drug retention and response rates in patients with axial spondyloarthritis after their first initiation with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors.
A majority of patients with fibromyalgia and comorbid osteoarthritis who underwent total joint replacement were found to have better outcomes 6 months post-surgery when they had improvements in fibromyalgia symptoms.
The Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American College of Rheumatology have released a draft of their joint clinical practice guidelines for the management of Lyme disease.
The incidence of Lyme disease increased from 2001 to 2012 in the United Kingdom, with an estimated incidence rate of 12.1 per 100,000 individuals per year.
Acutely inhaled iloprost improves right ventricular function in terms of RV volume, right ventricular ejection fraction, and RV stroke volume in patients with IPAH and PAH associated with connective tissue disease.
The American College of Rheumatology and Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland have highlighted unmet needs and challenges of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease.
Future longitudinal studies are needed to explore causal relationships between first carpometacarpal (CMC-1) inflammation and pain, and clinical trials are needed that have a low risk for bias and examine the efficacy of anti-inflammatory treatment in inflamed CMC-1 joints.
Investigators examined the relationship between nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk for cardiovascular disease among patients with osteoarthritis.
Premenopausal women who undergo prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy are especially prone to postoperative bone loss, which may be mitigated by hormone replacement therapy.
Patients with osteoporosis who maintain good oral hygiene can use zoledronic acid to effectively prevent symptomatic periodontal disease and tooth loss.
The use of the opioid addiction medication buprenorphine is much higher in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act than in those that did not expand the program.
Settlement talks with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis have reached a stalemate and the company is expected to file for bankruptcy.
The study compared the benefits and drug survival of patients with psoriatic arthritis who did not fulfill vs those who did fulfill the inclusion criteria for randomized controlled trials for the TNF inhibitor chosen for their treatment.
Researchers examined whether disease duration and number of prior disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs predicted response to therapy in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis.
Based on new evidence and an expert consensus, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), the Spondylitis Association of America, and the Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network released updated recommendations for the treatment of axial spondyloarthritis (SpA), which comprises ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and nonradiographic axial SpA. This report was published in Arthritis Care & Research. A systematic…
Researchers examined complement activation in spondyloarthropathies, before and after initiation of antirheumatic treatment, and the link between complement activation and markers of inflammation and cardiovascular risk.
This study reports the long-term renal outcomes of kidney biopsies performed at prespecified intervals to determine the safety and accuracy of tapering of maintenance immunosuppression.
New 2019 classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus was jointly developed by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR).
