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...
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...
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or psoriasis are at an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events when compared with the general population, according to findings...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Imaging to assess brain microstructure identified increased fractional anisotropy in the anterior right arcuate fasciculus of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, which was not present in age- and...
Both the American College of Rheumatology 2010 criteria for diagnosing fibromyalgia and its modified version had “unsatisfactory” sensitivity and specificity in identifying the disorder in the...
