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Study from American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' annual meeting in Las Vegas shows that 1 in 3 US kids (ages 10 -18 yrs) have back pain - from a survey of 3,700 kids. Risk increases w/ age, weight, playing competitive sports. https://t.co/p0KyXQVPYU
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7 years 5 months ago
QD Clinic - Secondary Loss of Efficacy | RheumNow - Her 1st TNFi fails after 2 years - then what? https://t.co/owAT4YZuBG
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7 years 5 months ago
QD Clinic - Shingles Happens | RheumNow - How to prevent and manage Shingles
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7 years 5 months ago
GSK has issued a new safety warning on Benlysta with a low frequency risk of serious depression & suicidal ideation; new data added to PI based on new 4003 SLE pt trial with Suicidal ideation seen in 0.7% on BEL and 0.2% on PBO; depression (0.3% vs <0.1%) https://t.co/cMp52MLKxs
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7 years 5 months ago
You can attend RheumNow Live for Free via online access - Innovative lectures and Q&A Panels beginning friday afternoon 3/22, ending Sunday 3/24. Register for FREE at https://t.co/lbrJ0Dp1Hb
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7 years 5 months ago
Study of 1021 Scleroderma patients from the EUSTAR cohort shows progressive skin fibrosis (>5 mRSS in 1 yr) was associated with significant lung function decline (FVC worse ≥10% (53.6% vs 34.4%; p<0.001) and all-cause mortality (15.4% vs 7.3%; p=0.003). https://t.co/VNX3rF1LUH
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7 years 5 months ago
Osteoarthritis Initiative shows weight loss (>5% BMI) in obese and overweight persons resulted in a lower risk of knee cartilage loss assessed by MRI after 8 yrs; results only seen in diet only or diet + exercise pts. https://t.co/0S75xrfONk
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7 years 5 months ago
24 mos results show, that in steroid treated pts, denosumab SC is superior to po risedronate at increasing spine and hip bone mineral density (BMD); adverse events and Fracture rates were similar in both groups https://t.co/vSBlF4uBXa
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7 years 5 months ago
23 year followup of the COBRA trial shows that early aggressive treatment with SSZ or combination + Tapered prednisone yields a long term survival equal to the general population; thereby negating RA potential to incr mortality https://t.co/bLR8k5eZ9h
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7 years 5 months ago
QD Clinic - Biologic Class Switching | RheumNow - Can you switch biologics within the same class? Heck yeah! https://t.co/ybHEF6Cbp5
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7 years 5 months ago
CORRONA Registry - Chronic opioid use doubled 2002-2015, rising from 7.4% to 16.9%. Strongest predictors included severe pain (HR 2.53), antidepressant use (HR 1.79), high Dz activity (HR 1.55) & high disability (HR 1.45). https://t.co/vPBqvWIy19
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7 years 5 months ago
Full Read Review Inclusion Body myositis: IBM) is slowly progressive & commonly misdiagnosed as arthritis or polymyositis. IBM is assoc w/ CV complications and other autoimmune dz. Look for unique features such as finger flexor and knee extensor weakness. https://t.co/WteGovZBFL
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7 years 5 months ago
Free online access to RheumNow Live - 16 hrs of Innovative lectures and Q&A Panels beginning friday afternoon 3/22, ending Sunday 3/24. Register for FREE at https://t.co/wIgS5rq4UE or come to https://t.co/4UQlqwujiR
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7 years 5 months ago
PODCast of the last weeks QD Clinics can be found on iTUnes and here >> https://t.co/6SJHvbA2ho
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7 years 5 months ago
A 10-year study of more than half a million Danish children found no evidence that vaccines increased the risk of autism. The study comes at a time when anti-vaccine suspicion is on the rise again. https://t.co/ZhZaW1kUQl
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