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Factors that lead to gout often differ in men and women

Posted on: 24/06/2014 - 22:15

PARIS – Women have different predisposing risk factors for gout than do men, who more often fit the stereotypical profile of patients with gout who consume foods that increase the risk of the...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Tool predicts lymphoma, death in primary Sjögren’s syndrome patients

Posted on: 23/06/2014 - 19:20

The European League Against Rheumatism Sjögren’s Syndrome Disease Activity Index measured at the time of diagnosis predicted the development of lymphoma and death in Spanish patients with severe...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Giant-cell arteritis patients face high aortic aneurysm dissection risk

Posted on: 23/06/2014 - 19:00

PARIS – The usual rule that the larger an aortic aneurysm grows the greater the risk it will undergo dissection or rupture doesn’t work in patients with giant-cell arteritis. Their aortic aneurysms...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Higher risk of death seen with oral steroids in RA interstitial lung disease

Posted on: 19/06/2014 - 18:15

The use of prednisone for 3 or more months at a time was associated with a significantly elevated risk of death in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and interstitial lung disease in a retrospective...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

FVC inadequate when assessing scleroderma lung disease

Posted on: 18/06/2014 - 22:40

PARIS – The traditional way to assess the status of interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis, forced vital capacity, may not be the best way, based on a new analysis of 83...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

FVC inadequate when assessing scleroderma lung disease

Posted on: 18/06/2014 - 22:40

PARIS – The traditional way to assess the status of interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis, forced vital capacity, may not be the best way, based on a new analysis of 83...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Tofacitinib bests methotrexate for RA

Posted on: 18/06/2014 - 22:00

Tofacitinib was superior to methotrexate at reducing the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, improving physical function, and slowing the progression of joint damage in a 2-year, phase III...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

TNF-alpha antagonists did not increase cancer risk in IBD

Posted on: 17/06/2014 - 21:00

The tumor necrosis factor–alpha antagonists infliximab, adalimumab, and certolizumab did not raise the risk of cancer in a nationwide Danish cohort study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Gut inflammation linked to worsening spondyloarthritis

Posted on: 13/06/2014 - 20:20

Spondyloarthritis patients with microscopic gut inflammation had to start anti–tumor necrosis factor treatment sooner in the course of their disease than patients without gut inflammation in a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

International RA risk tool for CVD comes closer to reality

Posted on: 13/06/2014 - 18:30

An international collaboration of experts has developed a cardiovascular risk calculator specifically for rheumatoid arthritis patients that has the potential to become part of routine rheumatology...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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