Rheumatology
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Care for patients with gout needs improvement, says doctor
Failure to understand the gout disease process and goals of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) is a key barrier to achieving optimal gout therapy.
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Normal CRP during RA flares: An ‘underappreciated, persistent phenotype’
In about 5% of patients with seropositive RA, C-reactive protein levels were normal despite disease flares during a 5-year period. The findings...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA fast tracks potential CAR T-cell therapy for lupus
The cellular therapy depletes CD19-positive B cells with the goal of ‘‘resetting’’ the immune system to achieve durable remission.
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Long-COVID rate may be higher with rheumatic diseases
The results highlight the need for close monitoring and optimized multidisciplinary care for long-term adverse events after COVID-19 in patients...
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Can you spot hypermobility spectrum disorder?
“I think a lot of these patients were diagnosed with fibromyalgia,” Dr. Carroll said. “It’s incumbent upon us to be able to start teasing some of...
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NSAID use may mask MRI findings in a quarter of spondyloarthritis cases
Among nearly one in four patients whose MRI results were initially positive for sacroiliitis, results were negative 6 weeks after NSAIDs were...
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Meta-analysis examines cancer risk concern for JAK inhibitors
Although no increased cancer risk was seen vs. methotrexate or placebo, Janus kinase inhibitors were associated with a higher cancer risk than...
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Registry data ‘reassure’ on biologics’ heart attack risk in rheumatoid arthritis
There is no difference in the risk of myocardial infarction with interleukin-6 (IL-6) vs. anti–tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy for rheumatoid...
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Metformin linked to reduced osteoarthritis risk
Though the findings were in observational studies, one of which did not reach significance, the results line up with the findings of other...
From the Journals
Cocaine damage can be misdiagnosed as nasal vasculitis
In additional to similar nasal symptoms, cocaine can trigger production of antibodies that mimic the clinical presentation of granulomatosis with...
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New 46-week PsA data released for IL-17A inhibitor izokibep
Long-term data build on statistically significant improvements demonstrated at 16 weeks across key measures of joint pain, psoriasis, and...