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Data from Olmstead county, MN over the past four decades shows that the incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is increasing.
SLE was diagnosed using the EULAR/ACR criteria and looked at patients seen between 1976–2018.
They identified a total of 188 incident SLE cases in 1976–2018 (mean age 46.3 yrs; 83% women).
Multimorbidity Burden in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Crowson and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic have shown that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have a higher prevalence of multimorbidity with as many as 44 different morbidities of interest in RA.
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Acute Inflammatory Responses Needed to Resolve Chronic Pain
Science Translational Medicine has published results of a Canadian study of low back pain (LBP) suggests that pain control by anti-inflammatory treatments might have negative effects on pain duration and may be counterproductive for long-term pain outcomes.
Read ArticleBimekizumab Development Delayed by FDA
UCB announced they have received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the Biologics License Application (BLA) for bimekizumab for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis (PSO).
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