IMN || Rheumatology & Immunology

Men have more major complications after hip, knee replacement

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 22:05

PARIS – After total hip or knee replacement, men are at higher risk than women for heart attack, infection, and revision surgery, according to a large database analysis. The elevated risk was...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Sprifermin injections showed some benefits for cartilage loss in knee osteoarthritis

Posted on: 17/04/2014 - 19:09

In patients with knee osteoarthritis, intra-articular injections of 100 micrograms sprifermin led to significant benefits in measures of lateral femorotibial cartilage loss and joint space narrowing...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Stopping biologics in RA remission remains uncertain

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 14:00

Once a rheumatoid arthritis patient maintains relatively long-term remission on a regimen that combines a synthetic and a biologic disease-modifying drug, temptation mounts to try withdrawing one of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Chinese herbal remedy found noninferior to methotrexate in RA patients

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 23:30

A traditional Chinese herbal remedy used to treat joint pain, fever, edema, and local inflammation was found noninferior to methotrexate for controlling active rheumatoid arthritis in an open-label,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Current smoking strongly predicts rheumatoid arthritis radiographic progression

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 19:30

Current smoking at the time of early rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis was a strong risk factor for rapid radiographic progression in early rheumatoid arthritis, according to <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Sirukumab improves rheumatoid arthritis symptoms in phase II trial

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 14:40

The investigational drug sirukumab significantly improved signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in a

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Feeding elderly patients after hip surgery

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 21:05

LAS VEGAS – Among 100 hip fracture patients at Salem (Ore.) Hospital, those fed within 24 hours left the hospital sooner, and fewer of them died. Other patients went up to a week without being...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Feeding elderly patients after hip surgery

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 21:05

LAS VEGAS – Among 100 hip fracture patients at Salem (Ore.) Hospital, those fed within 24 hours left the hospital sooner, and fewer of them died. Other patients went up to a week without being...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Feeding elderly patients after hip surgery

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 21:05

LAS VEGAS – Among 100 hip fracture patients at Salem (Ore.) Hospital, those fed within 24 hours left the hospital sooner, and fewer of them died. Other patients went up to a week without being...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Milk may slow knee OA progression in women

Posted on: 07/04/2014 - 19:45

Milk consumption was associated with a slowing of the structural progression of knee osteoarthritis among women who participated in the longitudinal Osteoarthritis Initiative study. From a group of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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