Higher Spending Physicians Do Not Achieve Better Outcomes
Study examined average physician spending using a random sample of Medicare patients.
Diagnostic Testing
Patients Underestimate Radiation Involved in Spinal Imaging
Cross-sectional survey study examines patients undergoing spine surgery and their knowledge of radiation exposure.
Ultrasound Identifies Tenosynovitis in RA Patients With Low DAS28 Scores
Standardized ultrasound assessment of rheumatoid arthritis disease activity may aid healthcare practitioners in comprehensive management.
Cognitive Dysfunction, Memory Impairment Evaluated by fMRI in Non-Neuropsychiatric SLE
Functional MRI imaging in patients with non-neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus found that defects in spatial working memory and cognitive dysfunction were related to damage in specific neural networks.
Urinary Proteomic Biomarkers May Help Differentiate Inflammatory Arthritis
Researchers look for diagnostic alternative to blood samples for diagnosing specific inflammatory arthritis conditions.
ACR/EULAR Develop Classification Criteria for Primary Sjögren Syndrome
American and European experts forge first commonly accepted and validated classification criteria for Sjögren syndrome.
FDA Approves Second-Generation Osteoporosis Detection Device
Finland-based Bone Index announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its second-generation Bindex device to aid in diagnosing osteoporosis.
Tool Developed to Assess Autoinflammatory Disease Burden
A damage index to measure morbidity caused by the 4 most common monogenic autoinflammatory diseases has been developed by a consortium working under the auspices of the European Union’s ERA-NET PRIOMEDCHILD.
Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies Overlapping Molecular Disease
In 4.9% of cases that were ultimately informative with whole-exome sequencing, multiple molecular diagnoses were found.
AxSpA Therapy Can Be Guided With Predictive Modeling
Trajectory modeling of axial SpA is feasible and suggests up to a third of patents may be under-treated.
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