Primary prevention of osteoarthritis is an ideal goal for which there has been little success in clinical trials.
Women with rheumatoid arthritis are said to have a normal number of pregnancies. However, most of these are conceived prior to the onset of RA. Once diagnosed, the RA patient who wishes to become pregnant may be faced with difficult medication choices if she is planning to become pregnant.
Researchers at CHOP have published their investigations into the heritability of pediatric autoimmune diseases that affects roughly one in 12 persons.
Investigators quantified by SNP analsyses the heritability of several pediatric autoimmune disorders including JIA, SLE, Celiac disease, type I diabetes (T1D), UC, CD, PS, SPA and CVID. (Citation Source http://buff.ly/1L3KRoD)
Both visceral and liver fat accumulation significantly increased the risk of hyperuricemia in men, a cross-sectional Japanese study found.
Compared with the lowest quintile of intra-abdominal fat, the highest quintile was associated with an almost five-fold increased risk of high uric acid (OR 4.72, 95% CI 2.19-10.18,P0.001), according to Tomoshige Hayashi, MD, PhD, of Osaka City University, and colleagues.
Discussions on drug safety can be as treacherous as quicksand for the patient and physician. What the physician knows and what the patient perceives may not be in sync.
A study from the Taiwan National Health Insurance examined 2023 patients with new diagnoses of dermatomyositis or polymyositis and population controls and examined the frequency of Herpes zoster.
Osteoporosis is associated with significant morbidity, and hip fractures as sequelae confer a 1-year mortality risk of 8.4–36%. While anti-resorptive therapy remains a mainstream of osteoporosis management, bisphosphonates are not well tolerated by many patients and carry the risk of atypical femur fractures after prolonged use.
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Its presence may portend grave outcomes for those affected. The prevalence of ILD in RA ranges from 7.7% to 44% depending on the assessment tools used. Clinically significant ILD probably affects fewer than 10% of patients.
Treat-to-target is a common management strategy for rheumatoid arthritis that aims to employ the strategy most effective in terms of achievement of optimal therapeutic outcomes in RA.
Deloitte published its 2015 Healthcare Consumer Survey to examine online resource and technology use by patients. This is important, as the health care industry has expanded the development of online information resources, mobile applications, and personal health devices.
An analysis of 741,589 patients over age 45 years from southern Swedish registry examined patients who were followed (between 1998 and 2012) until a hip fracture, death or exit from the region occurred. Rheumatoid arthritis (8,467 patients) were compared with osteoarthritis hip (29,706 patients) and OA knee (55,753) patients for risk of hip fracture.
Healio reported the newly announced grant recipients from the Lupus Foundation of America.
Today marks the one year anniversary of hydrocodone becoming a schedule II drug with more restrictive access. Has life been better under these new rules?
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a rare but catastrophic complication of systemic lupus erythematosus. Presentations are usually acute and the potential for significant morbidity and mortality risk mandates early diagnosis and aggressive interventions.
I had a wonderful time in Rome, due in small part to the wonderful wines I drank with family and friends. When I got home, enjoying those same wines again made me wonder about the placebo effect.
