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Ties to Pharma Influences Clinical Trial Results
A study published in The BMJ shows that financial ties between researchers and companies that make the drugs they are studying are independently associated with positive trial results; thereby questioning the bias in these objective trials.
Read ArticleWho Is At Risk to Lose Insurance if the ACA is Changed or Repealed?
If Congress changes or repeals the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which adults are at risk of losing health insurance?
Read ArticlePatient and Provider Education Fails to Improve Osteoarthritis Outcomes
A randomized trial of 537 knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients in the Duke Healthcare system has shown that patient- and provider interventions were no better than the usual standard of care.
Read ArticleThe RheumNow Week in Review – 13 January 2017
Dr. Jack Cush reviews highlights from this past week on RheumNow.com:
Read ArticleThe RheumNow Week in Review – 6 January 2017
Dr. Jack Cush reviews highlights from the first week of 2017 on RheumNow.com.
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Read ArticleSupreme Court Declines Biosimilar Patent Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case over whether companies that make biosimilar drugs must wait six months after federal approval before they bring them to the market.
Read ArticleThe RheumNow Week in Review – 2 December 2016
Dr. Cush highlights reports from this week on RheumNow.com.
Read ArticleCURES Act : House Passes Largest Bill Since Obamacare
The 21st Century Cures Act has become one of the most-lobbied health care bills in recent history, with nearly a half billion dollars being spent on both sides - those for and against the bill.
Read ArticleRheumatologist Compensation and Manpower
You should use this information to not only fend for yourself, but to more accurately guide trainees into a richly rewarding specialty that pays well and has many distinctions to boast of, including high science, hands-on patient interactions and long-term relationships, great hours, lifestyle and family friendly careers. Our field is in desperate need of high quality, problem-solving practitioners.
Read ArticleACR 2016 – Day 2 Highlights
Big highlights from Monday included the Hench Lecture, plenary session abstracts and presentations on drug safety and cost efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis.
Read ArticleRheumNow Week in Review – 4 November 2016
Dr. Jack Cush reviews highlights and reports from this week on RheumNow.com, including drug-induced cutaneous lupus, pediatric lupus being worse, new gout drug SEL-12, Gut microbiome and IgA plasmablasts, and the weakly-received new ACP guidelines on gout.
Read ArticleBariatric Surgery Thwarts Gout and Hyperuricemia
The rising incidence of gout has been directly linked to the obesity epidemic. The influence of obesity on gout was further tested in a cohort study of obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery as part of the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study.
Read ArticleWhen Cheap Generics Morph Into Expensive Prescriptions
The Wall Street Journal has reported an alarming trend in generic drug pricing that affects many, especially the elderly and those with arthrtis.
Read ArticlePrevalence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Increases
The MMWR has reported that Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), previously (1999) had an estimated 1.8 million (0.9%) prevalence. But as of 2015, an estimated 3.1 million (1.3%) of U.S.
Read ArticleThe RheumNow Week in Review – 28 October 2016
Dr. Jack Cush reviews highlights, news and journal reports from this week at RheumNow.com
Read ArticleSeropositivity Increases Mortality Rates in Rheumatoid Arthritis
It has been long known that rheumatoid arthritis is associated with an increased mortality rate, especially in seropositive patients and those with extraarticular manifestations.
Read ArticleInflectra Biosimilar Ships in Late November 2016
Pfizer has announced it will ship its new FDA-approved biosimilar, Inflectra, in late November and that it will be priced at a15 percent discount to current wholesale prices.
Read ArticleRheumNow Week in Review – 14 October 2015
Dr Jack Cush reviews highlights from the news and journal articles appearing this week on RheumNow.com:
Read ArticleRheumNow Week in Review – 7 October 2016
Dr. Jack Cush reviews highlights from the journals and news this week on RheumNow.com.
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