Rheumatology
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Psoriatic arthritis treatment for women falls short, study suggests
Women with psoriatic arthritis who were treated with ustekinumab or a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor had lower response rates and persistence at...
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Presurgical expectations may influence patients’ attitudes, experiences after knee replacement
It may be worthwhile to discuss patients’ expectations about what they will be able to do with their knees postoperatively, but it’s unclear...
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Novel therapy shows promise for treating skin-predominant dermatomyositis
The study drug “is a potent, selective humanized IgG1-neutralizing antibody directed at IFN-beta,” said Dr. Aaron Mangold, the principal...
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Early exercise intervention improves knee osteoarthritis
Even patients whose symptoms have lasted less than a year experience improvements in pain and physical function when they initiate exercise...
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Holy smoke: Air pollution link to bone damage confirmed
‘The scientific literature ... is clearly pointing toward a negative effect of chronic pollution exposure on bone health,’ says expert. New study...
Guidelines
Guidelines: Don’t delay total joint arthroplasty for additional nonoperative therapies
The guidelines also state that obesity alone should not be a reason to delay surgery.
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JAK inhibitor safety warnings drawn from rheumatologic data may be misleading in dermatology
The recently approved deucravacitinib is the only JAK inhibitor that has so far been exempt from these warnings.
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Experts share early details prescribing avacopan for ANCA-associated vasculitis
Rheumatologists said more data are needed to determine optimal glucocorticoid tapering and treatment duration of avacopan for patients with ANCA-...
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Biologics show signs of delaying arthritis in psoriasis patients
Treatment with the interleukin-12/23 inhibitor ustekinumab or interleukin-23 inhibitors (guselkumab, risankizumab, tildrakizumab) was linked to a...
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Experts share real-world experience prescribing voclosporin, belimumab for lupus nephritis
While some rheumatologists expressed a treatment preference, patients with lupus nephritis tend to do well on both medications; however, cost and...
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Call it preclinical or subclinical, ILD in RA needs to be tracked
Despite ILD being a leading cause of death in RA patients, there are no clinical guidelines for monitoring this lung condition in this population...