Researchers evaluated the microbial characteristics driving ankylosing spondylitis pathogenesis, and they examined the effects of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor therapy on the microbiome.
Four weeks of active transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) results in significant improvement in movement-evoked pain and other clinical outcomes compared with placebo-TENS or no TENS.
Researchers compared the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) with a combination of multicomponent therapy and rTMS on pain in patients with fibromyalgia.
Researchers reviewed the recently released Lyme disease guidelines and addressed their appropriate inclusion of and association with psychiatric illnesses.
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.
Yusuf Yazici, MD, discussed the effect of the intra-articular inhibitor treatment, lorecivivint, on patient-reported outcomes in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
In patients with type 2 diabetes, treatment with liraglutide does not affect bone resorption and preserves hip bone mineral density, even with weight loss.
Patients on long-term opioid treatment for chronic pain reported experiencing negative physical side effects, emotional distress, and degraded relationships with their primary care provider.
Hospital mergers and acquisitions may precipitate a modest decline in patient care quality; however, no differential changes in readmission or mortality rates were observed in acquired institutions compared with control hospitals.
Among patients with very high use of health care services, readmission rates were not lower for those assigned to a care-transition program compared with usual care.
A recently published report presented at the 2019 AIBD Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL, discussed the case of a patient who developed ulcerative colitis (UC) following treatment with Secukinumab for her psoriatic arthritis and highlighted a novel approach for the management of both of her conditions simultaneously.
Using ultrasound, researchers evaluated the anatomic basis for arthralgia in patients with psoriasis; they also explored the rate of psoriatic arthritis development in patients with psoriasis with and without arthralgia.
For women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), adherence to an ideal clinical pathway during pregnancy is associated with a reduced risk for miscarriage and complicated birth.
The study compared levels of efficacy, serum drug concentrations, immunogenicity, and safety of adalimumab biosimilar FKB327 with the reference product in patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.
Researchers reported on the clinical response of a patient with psoriatic nail dystrophy and psoriatic arthritis who received treatment with tildrakizumab.
Researchers identified patients who were more likely to achieve the Clinical Disease Activity for Psoriatic Arthritis treatment targets of remission or low disease activity with apremilast, using a pooled analysis of the PALACE studies.
Researchers examined the association between neuropsychiatric events and health-related quality of life in a cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
