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VIDEO: Does obesity’s effect on RA support different treatment goals?

Posted on: 08/07/2014 - 20:15

PARIS – Treat-to-target goals for obese patients with rheumatoid arthritis should take into account new research indicating that they already have a higher level of systemic inflammation and higher...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Real-world use supports belimumab clinical trial data

Posted on: 08/07/2014 - 16:20

PARIS – Belimumab produced significant clinical improvement in 74% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who took it over a 6-month period, reducing disease symptoms and steroid use and...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Monitor elderly for bone loss after gastric bypass

Posted on: 07/07/2014 - 17:00

CHICAGO – Older adults who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are at risk for lessened bone mineral density for at least 2 years after their surgery and should be monitored appropriately for...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Monitor elderly for bone loss after gastric bypass

Posted on: 07/07/2014 - 17:00

CHICAGO – Older adults who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are at risk for lessened bone mineral density for at least 2 years after their surgery and should be monitored appropriately for...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Obesity may drive symptom severity in rheumatoid arthritis

Posted on: 07/07/2014 - 16:05

PARIS – The higher disease activity scores seen in obese patients with rheumatoid arthritis may be driven by the proinflammatory state that is associated with obesity, Dr. Christopher Sparks reported...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Increased risk of heart attack confirmed in Sjögren’s syndrome patients

Posted on: 01/07/2014 - 19:05

PARIS – Patients with Sjögren’s syndrome appear to have a higher risk of myocardial infarction, but not stroke or transient ischemic attack, than does the general population, based on an analysis of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

SLE patients in remission safely stop immunotherapy

Posted on: 30/06/2014 - 18:45

PARIS – When patients with lupus who were in remission on an immunosuppressant drug and a low dosage of prednisone stopped their immunosuppressant, 70% remained flare free 2 years off...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Slow tapering worked best for stopping SLE immunosuppression

Posted on: 30/06/2014 - 15:10

PARIS– When physicians withdrew immunosuppressant treatment from lupus patients in long-term remission, a gradual tapering down of their immunosuppressant treatment produced a lower rate of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Sarilumab shows RA safety, efficacy in phase III trial

Posted on: 26/06/2014 - 21:45

PARIS – Treatment with the interleukin-6–blocking drug sarilumab led to statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in a multicenter,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Physically demanding jobs link to worse ankylosing spondylitis progression

Posted on: 25/06/2014 - 22:40

PARIS – Patients with ankylosing spondylitis who worked at more physically-demanding jobs showed greater radiographic progression than did patients who performed more sedentary jobs in a prospective...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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