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Canakinumab (Ilaris) tapering tested in systemic JIA trial
Reducing or extending the frequency of canakinumab over 6 months enabled children to maintain complete clinical remission and some to stop...
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How prostate cancer treatments affect quality of life
A quality of life study showed that urinary incontinence and sexual function were worse with certain treatments.
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Better continence rate gives robotic prostatectomy the edge
A large trial confirms early continence is better with a robotic rather than classical laparoscopic approach.
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NSAID continuation linked to less knee OA pain
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs continue to reduce knee osteoarthritis pain more than 3 months after starting treatment.
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Robotic renal surgery bests open partial nephrectomy
Fewer complications were seen during and after surgery when partial nephrectomy was performed using robotic assistance versus an open procedure....
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Bisphosphonates may have limited ‘protective’ effect against knee OA progression
Women who used bisphosphonates were half as likely as those who did not to experience radiographic progression at 2-year follow up.
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Intravesical BCG dosing frequency ‘critical’ in bladder cancer
Reducing the dosing frequency of bacillus Calmette-Guérin more than doubled the rate of disease recurrence.
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PSMA PET/CT may be new ‘gold standard’ for prostate cancer staging
PSMA PET/CT was 27% more accurate than conventional imaging for detecting metastases and staging men with high-risk prostate cancer.
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EULAR gives pointers on intra-articular injection best practices
A task force based the recommendations on a systematic literature review and two surveys of health professionals and patients to help form expert...
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Antinuclear antibody test interpretation guidance gets updated
Clinicians should be aware of the type of assay used for antinuclear antibody detection because the results can vary by disease.
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EULAR’s COVID-19 recommendations offer no surprises
The provisional recommendations cover four themes: general measures and preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection, managing patients without COVID-19 and...
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Age leads COVID-19 hospitalization risk factors in RMDs
Glucocorticoid use, cardiovascular comorbidity, and male gender were also found to increase the risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 in...
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JAK inhibitors have top risk for herpes zoster among newer RA DMARDs
The findings give “a clear message that systematic herpes zoster vaccination should be done in patients with RA.”
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Tramadol mortality risk in osteoarthritis could outweigh benefits
Higher all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, venous thromboembolism, and hip fracture were seen versus NSAIDs in a large, population-based...
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ACR gives guidance on rheumatic disease management during pandemic
When COVID-19 is suspected, rheumatic disease patients may continue their hydroxychloroquine but other rheumatic disease treatments may need to be...