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Axial spondyloarthropathy guidelines: NSAIDs and PT first

Posted on: 20/11/2014 - 16:57

BOSTON – A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug and exercise may be enough to control active axial spondyloarthritis in some patients, suggest authors of draft guidelines on the management of patients...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Up to 90% of gout hospitalizations might be preventable

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 21:13

BOSTON – Nearly all hospitalizations of people who were discharged with a primary diagnosis of gout were likely preventable, based on the results of a retrospective analysis of 79 cases at a single...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Lower heart failure risk seen in users of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 15:28

BOSTON – Rheumatoid arthritis patients taking tumor necrosis factor inhibitors ran a lower risk of developing congestive heart failure than did those on nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

RA increases mortality, particularly for respiratory causes, in women

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 14:39

BOSTON – A diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis doubled the risk of death from any cause over the risk for those without RA, based on 34 years of follow-up data from women in the Nurses’ Health...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Novel program improves RA care, cuts costs

Posted on: 17/11/2014 - 15:38

BOSTON– A bundle of eight measures was effective in improving the quality of rheumatoid arthritis care while reducing costs, Dr. Eric D. Newman reported at the annual meeting of the American College...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

OA patients benefit long term from exercise or manual therapy

Posted on: 17/11/2014 - 15:05

BOSTON – Improvements in pain, stiffness, and physical function that occur with the addition of exercise therapy or manual therapy to usual care for patients at all stages of osteoarthritis extended...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Abatacept + methotrexate makes early drug-free RA remission possible

Posted on: 06/11/2014 - 19:22

Patients with early rheumatoid arthritis who achieved remission after 1 year of treatment with abatacept and methotrexate had a small but significantly greater rate of sustained remission for another...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Control of early RA maintained with reduced-dose etanercept plus methotrexate

Posted on: 05/11/2014 - 22:00

For patients with early rheumatoid arthritis who achieved remission on full-dose etanercept plus methotrexate, continuing this combination treatment at a reduced dose controlled the disease better...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Trial backs rituximab for maintenance of ANCA-associated vasculitis remission

Posted on: 05/11/2014 - 22:00

Infusions of rituximab proved superior to the standard of care, daily oral azathioprine, at maintaining remission of ANCA-associated vasculitis in a randomized trial. At final follow-up after 28...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Eastern United States has the highest arthritis rates

Posted on: 04/11/2014 - 21:11

The prevalence of arthritis tended to be higher in eastern U.S. states than in western states in 2011, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All seven states...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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