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A substantial portion of patients seen in rheumatology clinics are now older adults living with multimorbidity, polypharmacy, frailty, cognitive impairment, functional limitation, and competing health priorities. This week at EULAR 2026 in London, the EULAR Study Group on Geriatric Rheumatology holds its inaugural meeting. The launch marks an important step for a field that has been visible in clinical practice, but less visible in professional structures.
Australia is facing a deepening rheumatology manpower crisis with direct parallels to the situation in the United States.
Patients with clinically suspect arthralgia (CSA), a common prequel to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), showed different patterns of symptoms and progression depending on whether they tested positive for anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA), researchers found.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Johnson & Johnson's supplemental Biologics License (sBLA) to include evidence in the guselkumab (Tremfya) label for the inhibition of progression of structural joint damage in adults with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news, journal articles and missed quiz questions.
A cross-sectional study of US adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) shows significantly increased prevalence of polypharmacy, related to age, disease outcomes and often, non-SLE common medications.
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