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Disease Activity Higher in Obese RA Patients : With obesity being a chronic inflammatory state, it affects RA adversely.
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
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Smoking Linked to Disease Activity, Severity in Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Major Finding: Mean scores from a variety of accepted disease activity and quality of life measures were worse in patients who had ever smoked,...
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Smoking Linked to Disease Activity, Severity in Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Major Finding: Mean scores from a variety of accepted disease activity and quality of life measures were worse in patients who had ever smoked,...
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RA Patients Afraid to Exercise Although Some Know of Benefits
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Major Finding: The majority (72%) of respondents felt that exercise was helpful for RA, although 44% were worried about causing harm to their...
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RA Patients Afraid to Exercise Although Some Know of Benefits
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Major Finding: The majority (72%) of respondents felt that exercise was helpful for RA, although 44% were worried about causing harm to their...
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Cancer Risk 50% Greater in Treated RA Patients Than in General Population
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Major Finding: Standardized incident ratios for NHL, lung cancer, and colorectal cancer were 3.73, 2.71, and 0.96, respectively, comparing RA...
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Cancer Risk Greater in Treated RA Patients Than in General Population
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Major Finding: Standardized incident ratios for NHL, lung cancer, and colorectal cancer were 3.73, 2.71, and 0.96, respectively, comparing RA...
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Cancer Risk Greater in Treated RA Patients Than in General Population
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Major Finding: Standardized incident ratios for NHL, lung cancer, and colorectal cancer were 3.73, 2.71, and 0.96, respectively, comparing RA...
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ACPA Positivity Predicts Need for Biologics in Early Inflammatory Polyarthritis
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Major Finding: ACPA positivity was the strongest baseline predictor for receiving biologic therapy (HR, 7.58 and 4.66, respectively, for patients...
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Gait Velocity in RA Varies By Time of Day
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- Sara Freeman
Major Finding: There was a systematic increase in gait velocity throughout the day, with overall improvements of 20.4% at 1 hour, 32.9% at 3 hours...
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Gait Velocity in RA Varies By Time of Day
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Major Finding: There was a systematic increase in gait velocity throughout the day, with overall improvements of 20.4% at 1 hour, 32.9% at 3 hours...
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Study: Scleroderma Survival Improving
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Major Finding: At 10 years after diagnosis, survival was 81% for patients with limited cutaneous SSc and 70% for those with diffuse cutaneous SSc....
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Study: Scleroderma Survival Improving
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Major Finding: At 10 years after diagnosis, survival was 81% for patients with limited cutaneous SSc and 70% for those with diffuse cutaneous SSc....
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Study: Scleroderma Survival Improving
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Major Finding: At 10 years after diagnosis, survival was 81% for patients with limited cutaneous SSc and 70% for those with diffuse cutaneous SSc....
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Low-Dose Aspirin Cut Cancer Death Rates 30%-40%
- Author:
- Sara Freeman