Rheumatology
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Current gout guidelines stress ‘treat to target’
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Hyaluronic acid injection for knee OA as effective as NSAIDs in short term
Major finding: The mean JKOM score declined 32.2% (from 32.0 to 22.0) with NSAID treatment and 34.7% (from 33.8 to 21.5) with IA-HA.Data source: A...
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New knee osteoarthritis guidelines differ slightly from some previous recommendations
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Striking trends emerge in SLE joint replacement
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FDA: Naproxen may pose lower CV risk
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Military’s top doc: Medical lessons from Iraq saved lives in Boston bombings
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FDA: Stop prescribing combo drugs with high-dose acetaminophen
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Dental infection didn’t raise rheumatoid arthritis risk
Major finding: Significantly more seropositive arthralgia patients who did not develop rheumatoid arthritis had elevated levels of IgA (25%) and...
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Methotrexate less risky for lungs in RA than previously thought
Major finding: Methotrexate only slightly increases the risk for overall respiratory adverse events (RR, 1.10; 95% CI, 1.02-1.19) and respiratory...
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Anti-CCP antibodies associated with increased mortality in RA
Major finding: Anti-CCP–positive women using DMARDs were almost three times more likely to die (hazard ratio, 2.8) than were women without RA in a...