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Kidney Dysfunction Frequent in RA
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Renal dysfunction is common among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), particularly among older patients, women, and those with hypertension, Japanese researchers reported.
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Rheumatology Year in Review
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During 2017, the improvements and refinements seen during previous years in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis have been extending to other conditions ranging from psoriatic arthritis to lupus and for both monoclonal antibodies and oral small molecule medications.
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Pregnancy Outcomes Worse with Myopathies
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Women with the autoimmune inflammatory myopathies dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) are at increased risk for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, a nationwide retrospective study found.
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Tocilizumab Benefits Persist in SSc
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Clinically meaningful improvements in systemic sclerosis among patients treated with subcutaneous tocilizumab (Actemra) persisted during the open-label phase of a multinational randomized phase II trial, researchers reported.
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Arthritis Burden over $303 Billion Annually in U.S.
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Arthritis of all types in the U.S. carried an economic burden of $303.5 billion in 2013, nearly 1% of the gross domestic product that year, according to a CDC analysis.
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Past Infection, Lung Disease Raise Risk for Myopathy
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Infections and noninfectious pulmonary disease were associated with an increased risk for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), a Swedish study found.
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Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Quadruples Death Risk
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A Swedish population-based study found a nearly fourfold greater risk of all-cause mortality in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) patients compared with the general population.
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Osteoporosis Care for RA Patients Found Suboptimal, Declining
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Fewer than half of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients at a risk of fracture sufficient to warrant guideline-recommended osteoporosis treatment received appropriate care, according to a large study of U.S. osteoarthritis (OA) and RA patients.
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JIA Worsens Quality of Life Long into Adulthood
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Adult patients with a history of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) showed poorer health-related quality of life decades later, compared with individuals who were healthy as children -- even if they were in clinical remission, reported researchers in Norway.
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Tubulointerstitial Damage in Lupus Predicts ESRD Progression
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The presence of tubulointerstitial damage (TID) may provide a potential window for early intervention in lupus nephritis (LN) to ward off end-stage renal disease (ESRD), according to a data analysis.
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