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BSR Guidelines for Systemic Sclerosis Management
The British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) has updated its 2015 guidelines for the management of patients with sytemic sclerosis (SSc) based on published evidence, systematic literature review and expert opinion.
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Different Autoantibody Phenotypes in Juvenile and Adult Myositis
A Kyoto University study compared juvenile-idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) and adult-IIM patients, demonstrating different autoantibody profiles and a more favorable outcome for n juvenile-IIM patients.
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Increasing Incidence of Morphea
A large EMR derived cohort study of over 10,000 patients with morphea (localized scleroderma) sheds light on its prevalence and associated features.
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ACR Speaks Against Repeated Cuts to Medicare Reimbursements
The American College of Rheumatology has submitted its comments to the CMS regarding the proposed CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program rule and its impact on rheumatologists and rheumatology interprofessional team members’ ability to provide care to the 53 million Americans living with rheumatic disease.
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Low Placental Transfer Rates with Risankizumab
There are significant concerns about the safety of drug use during pregnancy and lactation, especially newer biologic agents. This is complicated by a lack of research.
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Consensus Guidelines on Pediatric Methotrexate Use
Methotrexate (MTX) is commonly used in the treatment of pediatric inflammatory skin conditions, often for off-label indications. Consensus based recommendations were published to address 5 major subjects.
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Moving Forward on RA Prevention Trials
Now that multiple prevention clinical trials for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been completed, a group of investigators have reviewed the results and published their recommendations for future trial designs and drug development to assess interventions that may alter disease development.
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Conservative Treatment of Acute Vertebral Fractures
A network meta-analysis of pain outcomes in patients with acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) showed short-term success with calcitonin and NSAIDs in decreasing pain during activity, but long-term benefits were superior for teriparatide compared to bisphosphonates.
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Does Rheumatoid Factor Influence Anti-TNF Responses in RA?
Smolen and colleagues have published a subanalysis of the EXXELERATE study that showed while certolizumab pegol [CZP] concentrations and efficacy was unaffected by high titers of rheumatoid factor (RF), patients treated with adalimumab had a blunted response in the face of high RF titers.
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Immunomodulatory Prevention of Uveitis Relapse in Behçet's
The results of a randomised, open-label, head-to-head trial shows that adalimumab was superior to ciclosporin in preventing uveitis relapses in patients with severe Behçet's disease.
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Scleroderma Raynaud's May Worsen in Summer
Episodes of Raynaud's phenomenon, a common feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc, also known as scleroderma), were more severe not only at low temperatures, as one would expect, but also during summertime heat, a multinational study found.
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Sustained Hydroxychloroquine and Cardiovascular Outcomes
A national cohort study shows that continuous use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) protects agains cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
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Running with Data (8.30.2024)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow.com - including tips on steroids, MAS, and myositis testing.
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Consumption of Alcohol and the Risk of Gout
Alcohol is a risk factor for gout and flares. While the inciting potential differs among alcohol types, are these differences sex specific?
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