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2010 RA-Classification Criteria Outperform 1987 Criteria
Major Finding: The 2010 rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria identified RA with 86% sensitivity, significantly better than the 78% rate...
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Delaying Adalimumab Tx Impairs Long-Term Response
Major Finding: Radiographic damage was significantly less in patients who initially received either dose of adalimumab in year 1, with a lower...
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Type 2 Diabetes Re-Emerges After Bariatric Surgery
Major Finding: Twenty-one percent of obese patients with type 2 diabetes whose disease went into remission following gastric bypass surgery...
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Varenicline Plus Counseling Elevates Smoking Quit Rate
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Obesity in Pregnancy Linked to Offspring's Language Scores
Major Finding: At age 2 years, children whose mothers were obese during the second trimester averaged a 12.6-point lower score on the language...
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VTE Risk Pumped Up in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Major Finding: The risk of venous thromboembolism was 40% greater in RA patients than controls in one 2-year study, whereas a second study found...
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Check Vitamin D in Adolescents Before Bariatric Surgery
Major Finding: Fifty-four percent of obese adolescents being evaluated for bariatric surgery had vitamin D deficiency, including 8% with a severe...
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Tocilizumab Beats Adalimumab in Monotherapy RA Trial
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Ixekizumab Normalizes Mutant Psoriasis Genes
Major Finding: Ixekizumab resulted in a greater-than-75% normalization of expression of 643 inflammatory genes, compared with 104 with etanercept...
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Eczema Therapy Response Varies by Filaggrin Mutation
Major Finding: Patients with at least one null allele for R501X were 55% less likely than the group as a whole to report being symptom free for 6...