FPN || Rheumatology

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

Children born to mothers with RA more likely to be born early

Posted on: 13/11/2014 - 05:05

Children born to mothers with rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to be born prematurely and have a lower birth weight than are those born to mothers without the condition, according to a Danish...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Children born to mothers with RA more likely to be born early

Posted on: 13/11/2014 - 05:05

Children born to mothers with rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to be born prematurely and have a lower birth weight than are those born to mothers without the condition, according to a Danish...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Veterans more likely to have arthritis at any age

Posted on: 12/11/2014 - 16:35

Both male and female veterans were more likely to have arthritis than were nonveterans, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For male veterans, the...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Multitarget induction therapy superior over short term for lupus nephritis

Posted on: 10/11/2014 - 22:00

A multitarget therapy of mycophenolate mofetil and tacrolimus for lupus nephritis induction therapy led to almost twice as many complete remissions as did intravenous cyclophosphamide in an...

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

Disease activity, not lipid levels, appear to affect CV risk with tocilizumab

Posted on: 31/10/2014 - 17:58

Rheumatoid arthritis disease activity during treatment with tocilizumab plays a significant role in patients’ risk for major adverse cardiovascular events, rather than increases in lipid levels...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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