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Many rheumatologists in Ukraine become refugees amid chaos
Some are forced to leave the country or close their practices. Those staying are often using telemedicine or retraining to treat people outside...
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Air trapping common in patients with long COVID
The reported findings “indicate a long-term impact on bronchiolar obstruction,” states Brett M. Elicker, MD.
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New JIA guidelines emphasize earlier DMARD use
Advances in understanding and treating systemic JIA have led practitioners away from steroids and toward using conventional synthetic and biologic...
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‘Overwhelming’ need to study COVID vaccine–associated tinnitus
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Biden administration’s new test-to-treat program pits pharmacists against physicians
The widespread distribution of pharmacies and their extended hours are other big pluses, especially for people who can’t easily leave work or...
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Study links air pollution to psoriasis flares
The findings underscore the need for clinicians to “consider environmental/external triggers in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases...
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CV risk biomarkers tentatively identified in psoriatic disease
Troponin I and NT-proBNP levels were linked to cardiovascular risk independently of the Framingham Risk Score.
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Drug survival study looks at what lasts longest in RA, axSpA, PsA, and psoriasis
Survival rates were highest for rituximab in rheumatoid arthritis and golimumab in axial spondyloarthritis in a study of two Danish registries.
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Which companies aren’t exiting Russia? Big pharma
The reluctance of drugmakers to pause operations in Russia is being met with a growing chorus of criticism.
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Sleep apnea may increase joint pain, fatigue in older women
“Women complaining about their joint pains could be good candidates for a sleep-lab study to investigate if they have OSAS or not, especially when...
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COVID-19 vax effectiveness quantified in immunosuppressed patients
A database study of 154,000 patients found that SARS-CoV-2 vaccines give people taking immunosuppressants significant protection against COVID-19...