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CHICAGO – Although clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis have shown that treating to a target improves outcomes, uptake of the strategy in clinical practice continues to... »
Ultrasound Matches MRI in Osteophyte Detection
Ultrasound is just as accurate as magnetic resonance imaging in identifying osteophytes in patients with hand osteoarthritis.
Ultrasound found even more moderate-to-large... »
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – The presence of specific autoantibodies may help to predict which patients with systemic sclerosis are likely to develop cancer within a few years of their... »
ACR Gives Special Consideration to Pregnancy in Nephritis Guidelines
DESTIN, FLA. – Management of lupus nephritis during pregnancy gets close attention in ACR’s new nephritis guidelines.
No treatment is necessary in pregnant women with prior lupus... »
NEW ORLEANS – An innovative group behavioral counseling intervention shows promise as a means of getting older sedentary knee osteoarthritis patients to stick with a beneficial... »
OCA Graft Survivorship 82% at 10 Years
BARCELONA – A cartilage transplant procedure known as osteochondral allografting for femoral condyle lesions eased pain and improved function in the majority of patients, with... »
NEW ORLEANS – When the Institute of Medicine released updated recommendations on calcium and vitamin D intake in late 2010, the report became the backbone for clinical guidance.... »
Hormonal Contraceptives Insignificantly Lower Vitamin B12 Levels
Hormonal contraception caused serum levels of vitamin B12 to decrease over a period of 3 years, but the reduction did not appear to be clinically significant or to impact bone... »
PHILADELPHIA – An investigational, four-coil device for transcranial magnetic stimulation deep in the brain produced some striking cases of sustained pain relief when it was... »
Assessing Pediatric Pain Takes a Child-Size Approach
CHICAGO – The best pain scales to use when assessing a child’s level of discomfort are those that have been empirically validated for the intended age and setting, according to... »
VICTORIA, B.C. – The results of a cluster analysis may help streamline the diagnostic work-up in children with inflammatory brain diseases, sparing some of them invasive tests... »
Outcome in Henoch-Schönlein Purpura May Hinge on Renal Function
NEW YORK – Kidney function may be the single best determinant of outcome in Henoch-Schönlein purpura, according to Dr. Philip Kahn.
Although only 1%-3% of patients develop... »
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Urine analysis might help to predict if patients with rheumatoid arthritis are likely to respond to biologic treatments, the results of a small metabolomics... »
Smokers Less Likely to Respond to Biologic Treatment for RA
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Patients who smoke are substantially less likely to respond to biologic treatment for rheumatoid arthritis than are those who have never smoked.
The... »
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