Hip replacement is becoming more common among middle-aged Americans at the same time as the number of surgeons who perform the procedure is declining,... More »
Physical health, previous joint pain, and the presence of diabetes can strongly predict whether a patient with arthritis will experience pain, say res... More »
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Rheumatoid arthritis patients have a significantly reduced risk of cardiovascular events if their disease is under control, based on an analysis of da... More »
Treating nonsevere relapse in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis with an increase in glucocorticoids restores remission ... More »
SAN FRANCISCO – Thyroid disease is known to be more common in patients with vitiligo, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
In a review of 1,0... More »
Interrupting biologic therapy before surgery led to flares in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and did not appear to prevent postoperative complicati... More »
SNOWMASS, COLO. – Moderate alcohol intake and fish consumption are the two dietary factors supported by the strongest epidemiologic evidence for a p... More »
MAUI, HAWAII – Don’t look for findings about the human microbiome to have any imminent impact on health, said rheumatologist Peter Lipsky.
The hu... More »
MAUI, HAWAII – When vasculitis patients are started on corticosteroids, they should also be started on treatments to protect them from the adverse e... More »
