Rheumatology
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Evidence builds for biologics’ effect on height, disease activity in JIA patients
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Biologic therapy improves fatigue of rheumatoid arthritis
Key clinical point: Changes in fatigue levels after 6 months of anti-TNF treatment were associated most strongly with changes in pain, not disease...
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Anti-TNFs linked to lower heart attack risk in RA patients
Key clinical point: Linkage of BSRBR-RA Register data with a database of MIs in England and Wales further solidifies the evidence for lower risk...
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OA-related walking disability on par with diabetes as CVD risk factor
Key clinical point: A study confirming previous research suggests that a high level of walking disability in OA patients should be considered a...
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Intraoperative wound anesthetic cut chronic pain after hip replacement
Major finding: Severe pain at 12 months was reduced from 8.6% with standard care to 1.4% with the addition of local anesthetic wound infiltration...
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PCPs waffle in referrals for total joint replacement
Major finding: Lack of clarity about indications thwarted 44.3% of primary care physicians from referring patients for arthroplasty. Data source:...
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Men have more major complications after hip, knee replacement
Major finding: Men had more acute MIs within 90 days after total knee arthroplasty than did women (1.1% vs. 0.8%), more infection within 2 years...
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Sprifermin injections showed some benefits for cartilage loss in knee osteoarthritis
Major Finding: At 12 months, patients who received intra-articular injections of 100 micrograms sprifermin had significantly less total and...
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Stopping biologics in RA remission remains uncertain
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Chinese herbal remedy found noninferior to methotrexate in RA patients
Major Finding: The primary efficacy measure, the proportion of patients who achieved an ACR50 response, was 55.1% with TwHF alone, 46.4% with...