SEATTLE – Patients with osteoarthritis often have other common chronic conditions, a scenario that has implications for both clinical care and research, according to Dr. Gillian Hawker.
“This is a...
MANCHESTER, U.K. – Multiple joint and skin benefits can be achieved by intensively treating patients with psoriatic arthritis until they achieve a set of minimal disease activity criteria, an expert...
Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry to screen for osteoporosis is both underused in women who meet the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force criteria for screening, and overused in low-risk younger women,...
MANCHESTER, U.K. – When systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) occurs before age 40, patients run a high relative risk of end-stage renal disease, data from a retrospective U.K.-based cohort study have...
MANCHESTER, U.K. – In a general practice setting, people who developed systemic lupus erythematosus were more than twice as likely to consult a primary care physician in the 5-year run-up to their...
DENVER – The use of nintedanib 150 mg twice daily has been shown to slow disease progression in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis up to 76... More »
SEATTLE – Heavier individuals are more likely to have degenerative changes of the lumbar spine seen on MRI, according to findings from an analysis o... More »
SEATTLE – Hydroxychloroquine is not efficacious for treating primary hand osteoarthritis, according to results from the first randomized trial to te... More »
SEATTLE – Smoking is related to prevalent and incident joint pain in patients who have knee osteoarthritis or are at high risk for it, but the mecha... More »
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – Anti–carbamylated protein antibodies were associated with both increased disability and greater disease progression over tim... More »
