LAS VEGAS – Among 100 hip fracture patients at Salem (Ore.) Hospital, those fed within 24 hours left the hospital sooner, and fewer of them died. Other patients went up to a week without being...
Milk consumption was associated with a slowing of the structural progression of knee osteoarthritis among women who participated in the longitudinal Osteoarthritis Initiative study.
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LAS VEGAS – Check fluoride levels in patients on long-term voriconazole who present with new-onset bone pain, researchers at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., advised after <link...
Olokizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody specific for the interleukin-6 cytokine, showed promise for patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had an inadequate response to antitumor necrosis factor...
SAN DIEGO – Lingering concern over increased risk cardiovascular events and mortality associated with calcium supplementation do not outweigh the bone benefits of calcium supplements, Connie Weaver,...
Rheumatoid arthritis patients taking an anti–tumor necrosis factor agent who had a prior hospitalization because of an infection significantly reduced their risk of a subsequent infection-related...
Apremilast, an oral phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, has been approved for treating adults with active psoriatic arthritis, based on the results of three studies of 1,493 patients, the Food and Drug...
WASHINGTON – Some 64% of family physicians are "uncomfortable" or "stressed" when diagnosing autoimmune disease, and almost three-quarters said they have not been given adequate...
SAN DIEGO – Is there really such a thing as a hypoallergenic dog? (Bo Obama, we’re looking at you.) Can blood tests for sale on the Internet identify a child’s allergies? And must parents wait until...
