Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Poor Use of ICD-10 Rheumatology Codes Suggests New Approach Needed for ICD-11 Adoption
Inflammatory arthritis codes increased from 14 to 425 from ICD-9 to ICD-10, yet only nine codes were commonly used in practice from 2015 to 2021...
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The Patient Knows Best: Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes in RA Practice and Research
Advanced systems for measuring patient-reported outcomes can help to improve care of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and inform clinical...
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Mining EHRs with AI to Predict RA Outcomes: Coming to You Soon?
Plugging massive amounts of data from EHRs into AI systems may turn masses of silicon chips into crystal balls foretelling treatment efficacy.
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Shared Rheumatology-Primary Care Telehealth Model Brings Services to Rural Areas
Patients with rheumatic diseases who live in underserved areas may benefit from virtual visits conducted jointly by rheumatologists and PCPs...
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Could Modifying Gut Microbiota Enhance Response to Methotrexate in RA?
Investigators have found evidence suggesting that bad bugs in the belly may contribute to inflammation in the joints, and that modulating gut...
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RA Flare Risk Rises Following DMARD Taper to Discontinuation With Conventional Synthetics or TNF Inhibitors
In the ARCTIC REWIND trial, most patients with RA in remission who tapered csDMARD or TNF-inhibitor drugs to withdrawal experienced flares within...
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High Infection Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Patients with RA-associated ILD found to have increased risk for serious infections, 65% of them fatal, study finds.
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Congress Directly Provides $10 Million for Arthritis Research for First Time
This is the first stand-alone arthritis research program under the Department of Defenses’ Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
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Tuberculosis Screening Gaps Persist in New DMARD Users
Substantial patient safety gaps regarding latent tuberculosis screening persist among new users of biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs,...
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Autoimmunity’s Female Bias and the Mysteries of Xist
Researchers are homing in on a long non-coding RNA, essential to X chromosome inactivation, as the culprit in sex-biased autoimmune diseases like...
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No Excess Cancer Risk Seen with Non-TNF Inhibitor Biologics in RA
Non-TNF inhibitor biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs did not appear to increase the risk for cancer in patients with RA in a real-...