IMN || Rheumatology & Immunology

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: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Olokizumab showed promise for RA patients nonresponsive to antitumor necrosis factor therapies

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 15:25

Olokizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody specific for the interleukin-6 cytokine, showed promise for patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had an inadequate response to antitumor necrosis factor...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

It’s time to put to rest the calcium supplement controversy

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 13:55

SAN DIEGO – Lingering concern over increased risk cardiovascular events and mortality associated with calcium supplementation do not outweigh the bone benefits of calcium supplements, Connie Weaver,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

It’s time to put to rest the calcium supplement controversy

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 13:55

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Switching biologic may lower risk of second infection-related hospitalization in RA

Posted on: 24/03/2014 - 13:25

Rheumatoid arthritis patients taking an anti–tumor necrosis factor agent who had a prior hospitalization because of an infection significantly reduced their risk of a subsequent infection-related...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Switching biologic may lower risk of second infection-related hospitalization in RA

Posted on: 24/03/2014 - 13:25

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

FDA approves PDE-4 inhibitor for treating psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 21/03/2014 - 21:50

Apremilast, an oral phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, has been approved for treating adults with active psoriatic arthritis, based on the results of three studies of 1,493 patients, the Food and Drug...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

FDA approves PDE-4 inhibitor for treating psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 21/03/2014 - 21:50

Apremilast, an oral phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, has been approved for treating adults with active psoriatic arthritis, based on the results of three studies of 1,493 patients, the Food and Drug...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Autoimmune disease coalition seeks to increase physician knowledge

Posted on: 18/03/2014 - 21:10

WASHINGTON – Some 64% of family physicians are "uncomfortable" or "stressed" when diagnosing autoimmune disease, and almost three-quarters said they have not been given adequate...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Hold the immunomodulators for surgery? Maybe yes, maybe no

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 20:55

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – When patients on immunosuppressive therapies need surgery, the risks of disease flare and compromised postoperative recovery and rehabilitation must be weighed against the risk of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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