PARIS – A set of genetic polymorphisms is beginning to allow researchers to predict which patients with rheumatoid arthritis will have a severe disease course, as well as determine their response to...
PARIS (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Autologous stem-cell transplantation has emerged as an effective and feasible treatment for selected patients with severe systemic sclerosis who inadequately...
PARIS – The traditional way to assess the status of interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis, forced vital capacity, may not be the best way, based on a new analysis of 83...
Tofacitinib was superior to methotrexate at reducing the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, improving physical function, and slowing the progression of joint damage in a 2-year, phase III...
Spondyloarthritis patients with microscopic gut inflammation had to start anti–tumor necrosis factor treatment sooner in the course of their disease than patients without gut inflammation in a...
An international collaboration of experts has developed a cardiovascular risk calculator specifically for rheumatoid arthritis patients that has the potential to become part of routine rheumatology...
PARIS – Rheumatoid arthritis patients who received the interleukin-6–blocking drug sarilumab plus methotrexate had significantly better short-term and 1-year outcomes than did patients on...
Mechanical stress is the most important underlying mechanism in osteoarthritis of the knees, while systemic processes may contribute most to hand osteoarthritis, Dutch researchers <link...
PARIS – Cranial ultrasound was more sensitive and just as specific as was temporal artery biopsy for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis, based on the results of a retrospective cohort study...
Thanks to anti–tumor necrosis factor inhibitors and other highly effective biologic therapies, rheumatologists are increasingly embracing treat to target, a strategy in which patients are closely...
