Treatment with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors does not appear to increase the rate of breast cancer recurrence among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to findings from a Swedish...
Rheumatoid arthritis increases cardiovascular risks as much as diabetes does, but guidelines and quality indicators fail to adequately address cardiovascular disease prevention for RA patients,...
One in six patients with systemic lupus erythematosus was readmitted within 30 days after discharge in a multistate, administrative database study of more than 800 hospitals and 55,000...
NEW YORK – A research consortium in psoriatic arthritis has been recently organized by a group of researchers at academic centers hoping to accelerate data collection by pooling resources.
Formed...
Some of the same factors that predict patients’ discontinuation of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis also appear to predict their initiation, such as use of oral...
Acetaminophen taken regularly or as required was no better than placebo in improving time to recovery in patients with acute low back pain, Australian research shows.
A randomized,...
The joints of patients with early arthritis that showed subclinical inflammation on MRI had an increased risk of radiographic progression in the first year after disease presentation, particularly...
NEW YORK – Conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs will not be included among acceptable treatments for enthesitis related to psoriatic arthritis, according to a draft of guidelines being...
