Musculoskeletal ultrasound was associated with more than double gains in diagnostic certainty in a prospective cohort of consecutive patients referred for the evaluation of inflammatory...
Are rheumatoid arthritis patients who are told that they meet criteria for clinical remission getting the full story?
“Despite clinical remission, histology and imaging studies documented a...
PHILADELPHIA – Despite the relatively limited threat Ebola poses to the United States, the disease’s arrival here “is a great wake-up message for us,” noted infectious disease expert Bruce...
Rheumatoid arthritis patients with differing prognoses achieved similar improvements in clinical outcomes and functional improvements with initial combination therapy but fared differently when given...
The risk of cataracts more than doubles if patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have been on 10 mg/day of prednisone, or its equivalent, for 3 or more years, according to a retrospective review...
Screen for diabetes and aggressively manage risk factors in patients with gout, especially women, investigators concluded from a retrospective, matched cohort study published Oct. 2 in Annals of the...
Neither traditional nor laser acupuncture is more effective than sham acupuncture at lessening pain or improving function in patients older than 50 years who have moderate to severe chronic knee...
Randomized, controlled trials of patients with rheumatoid arthritis are published sooner and more likely to be published if the outcome is positive, indicating publication bias, a recent study...
VANCOUVER, B.C.– On histology, pathologists are unable to reliably differentiate between cutaneous lupus erythematosus and dermatomyositis. So it falls to clinicians to sort out what’s what based on...
LAS VEGAS – When methotrexate doesn’t work in rheumatoid arthritis and patients are still suffering after their first tumor necrosis factor inhibitor, it’s worthwhile to try a second TNF inhibitor,...
