Semaglutide (Wegovy) reduced pain and improved physical function in patients with obesity and knee osteoarthritis, a randomized trial showed.
Medscape has published a survey overview of US Medical Student impressions and experiences, satisfaction, what they think of their education and how prepared are they for the USMLE (boards) and residency.
Filgotinib, the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) oral drug that never made it to the U.S. market but is sold across Europe, Great Britain, and Japan, remained effective for 3 years for most registration trial participants who continued in a long-term extension study, researchers said.
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from this past week on RheumNow.com.
Arthritis & Rheumatology reports that treatment trends in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in the last two decades finds rising use of newer biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs coupled with a decline in conventional DMARD use.
Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee receiving an investigational chemokine inhibitor showed some improvements in pain and disability, said researchers with the drug's developer.
The long-term safety and efficacy of tofacitinib in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has been established in an ongoing long term extension (LTE) study.
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