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24 Sep 2018 |
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Fractures May Lead to Systemic Bone Loss |
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21 Sep 2018 |
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Maastricht Study Links Dairy Intake to Osteoarthritis |
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18 Sep 2018 |
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Seropositivity (RF, CCP, or anti-CarP antibodies) is seldom seen in Hand OA and Erosive OA (~<7%) and when present did not predict Erosions, Xray damage or CRP levels https://t.co/m9QZkzrLb6 |
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13 Sep 2018 |
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10 yr study of 581 gout vs 598 OA pts shows gout with a lower risk of colorectal cancer (0.8% vs 3.7%). https://t.co/xPbj1iEGDs Other studies have shown increased overall Cancer risk in gout https://t.co/RDaDhm5V31 |
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07 Sep 2018 |
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Osteoarthritis and the Risk of Mortality |
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03 Sep 2018 |
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RheumNow Wk in Review on paternal DMARD effects, Contraceptives, OA & depression-insomnia & storing your biologics https://t.co/dIJS7s318d or listen on iTUNES or here https://t.co/PewEsBj1YH |
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29 Aug 2018 |
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Osteoarthritis and Psoriatic arthritis differ from RA by affecting DIP and PIP joints with medial or lateral IP subluxations. In RA the finger deformities are dorsal-ventral |
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29 Aug 2018 |
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2018 EULAR Recommendations for Hand Osteoarthritis Care |
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25 Aug 2018 |
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RheumNow Week in Review – How Not to Treat Hand OA (8.24.18) | Listen to the podcast on iTunes, stitcher or here> https://t.co/lbbw62bBSC RheumNow - Rheumatology News & Information https://t.co/8EAUhSG5cT |
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24 Aug 2018 |
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AC&R paper shows that Older Obese pts w/ Knee OA who lose >20% weight, after 18 mos had 37% less pain, 36% better function and significantly better health-related quality of life (P = .006). https://t.co/QudKGT32ZJ |
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23 Aug 2018 |
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Subanalysis of 221 pts in MeTeOR study shows persistent and extensive effusion‐synovitis Knee Osteoarthritis (with meniscal tears) is associated with greater degrees of cartilage loss over 18 mos. https://t.co/3KtHQx0QI2 |
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21 Aug 2018 |
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PLEASE- stop trying Plaquenil, DMARDs, biologics in Hand OA - they dont work!!. My best regimen is: simple analgesics (acetaminophen 1950 mg qd) plus 2.5 mg prednisone, hand OT, and painful PIP/DIP immobilization with 2inch Cohesive tape x 14days https://t.co/VOzs0yWjOS |
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15 Aug 2018 |
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Persistent Osteoporosis Drug Use Pays Off |
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09 Aug 2018 |
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Fractures Augment 10 Year Mortality Risks |
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09 Aug 2018 |
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Matched cohort study shows that exposure to NSAIDs, Cox-2, acetaminophen, narcotics or glucosamine (in 3 yrs prior) does not increase the rate of knee replacement in Knee #OA patients https://t.co/kryenx1m6V |
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08 Aug 2018 |
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Early Hip Fracture Surgery Reduces Mortality |
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06 Aug 2018 |
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Big Advances for Two Osteoporosis Drugs |
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01 Aug 2018 |
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Study of 6644 hip & femoral fractures found 2.95% were atypical femoral Fx (90 subtrochanter & 106 femoral shaft Fx). Risk factors were osteopenia/osteoporosis, RA, increased ant. & lat. femoral curvatures, & thicker lateral femoral cortex at the shaft https://t.co/vWsW0hLoHS |
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26 Jul 2018 |
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22,289 women in the Melbourne were studied, 1208 1had knee replacement (TKA) for OA; Increased risk of TKA seen in women who were ever pregnant (HR 1.32) or took oral contraceptives (HR 1.25) https://t.co/ndB1OChmyv |
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24 Jul 2018 |
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Study from Norway showd that Osteoporosisin Psoriatic arthritis patients (mean age 52 yrs) is uncommon (6.4%). No associations BMD and disease activity measures. https://t.co/5AHR2BSFgh |
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