Rheumatology
News
Epicondylitis, ACL repair helped by platelet-rich plasma
Conference Coverage
Exercise dampens aromatase inhibitor–related joint pain
Major finding: Breast cancer patients experienced a 30% reduction in aromatase inhibitor–related joint pain, with pain scores going from moderate...
News
Naltrexone, hyperbaric oxygen show promise for fibromyalgia
Major finding: Fibromyalgia patients experienced an average 19.5% reduction in Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire scores from baseline...
Conference Coverage
New international fibromyalgia guidelines indicate shifting focus
Conference Coverage
Good news: ‘fibrofog’ doesn’t portend Alzheimer’s
Major finding: Fibromyalgia patients who had recent onset of the constellation of cognitive dysfunction complaints known as fibrofog did not score...
Commentary
Practice tips for opioid prescribing
Conference Coverage
Maternal lupus doubled autism risk
Major finding: Children born to mothers with systemic lupus erythematosus had an adjusted 2.3-fold increased risk of being diagnosed with an...
News
Gout cases jump sevenfold in half-century
Major finding: The estimated number of Americans with gout in the United States increased more than sevenfold from 1.1 million in 1960 to 8.1...
Conference Coverage
Depression accounts for psoriatics’ increased MI risk
Major finding: Patients with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis who developed comorbid depression had a highly significant 80% increased risk of...
News
Low serum uric acid levels protect against progressions of renal disease
Major finding: Patients who achieved a serum uric acid level below 6 mg/dL – a treatment goal in the 2012 ACR guidelines for management of gout –...
News
Delayed-release prednisone lessened rheumatoid arthritis symptoms
Major finding: Patients with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis on stable disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy experienced a...