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Are vitamin D levels key to canagliflozin’s fracture risk?
“Something as simple as OTC vitamin D might protect against bone fractures caused by chronic multiyear treatment with a drug.”
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Patients with rheumatism have premature immune system aging
Researchers have studied how the T-cell aging process translates into metabolic reprogramming of the T cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis...
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Ginger consumption may mitigate neutrophil dysfunction and inflammation
An oral ginger extract was associated with reduced action of the neutrophil activity that is associated with the development of autoimmune and...
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Mortality in ankylosing spondylitis: CV disease, drug abuse are big contributors
Heart failure and renal disease were the strongest contributing comorbidities to mortality in hospitalized patients with ankylosing spondylitis....
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Progressive pulmonary fibrosis: treatment and support
Numerous unresolved questions surround progressive pulmonary fibrosis treatment.
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Severe psoriasis linked to a higher risk for heart disease, study confirms
“We should diagnose and actively search for microvascular dysfunction in patients with psoriasis, as this population is at particularly high risk...
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Do doctors have a legal right to work from home because of health issues or disability?
“There is now a precedent and examples all over that working from home for some is a viable alternative to working in the hospital or a clinic.”...
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The top tax breaks that physicians use
“You want to maximize your retirement contributions,” says Mark Steber, the chief tax information officer for Jackson Hewitt Tax Services. “If you...
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Sotatercept tied to disease modification in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Data unveiled at the European Respiratory Society International Congress 2023, held in Milan, suggest that sotatercept treatment has the capacity...
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Lupus may overlap in many patients with systemic sclerosis
Patients with both systemic sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus showed a distinct clinical phenotype from those with SSc alone, but...
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Extra-articular RA manifestations are in decline, but mortality is still a problem
The incidence of nonsevere extra-articular manifestations of RA decreased over time, likely because of a reduced incidence of rheumatoid nodules...