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Hydroxychloroquine throws off Quantiferon-TB Gold results, study finds
Indeterminate test results can exclude patients from treatment with immunosuppressives and clinical trials.
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Hip pain predicts OA mortality beyond comorbidities
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Timely dermatomyositis diagnosis, treatment remain elusive
Increased risk of cancer in DM, especially within 1-2 years of symptom onset, is the strongest argument for earlier diagnosis.
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Post-traumatic osteoarthritis needs to be prevention focus
To reduce the burden of OA, efforts need to focus on prevention.
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FDA approves Olumiant for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Lilly said it expects the JAK inhibitor to be available in the second quarter of 2018.
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Prior knee injury osteoarthritis ‘distinct subgroup’
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – Individuals who have had a prior knee injury are a distinct subgroup of patients with knee osteoarthritis.
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ACS: Screen for colon cancer at 45
And testosterone therapy may impact kidney stone risk.
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Median time to progression from discoid to systemic lupus may be less than a year
Investigators found that the median time to progression was shorter than the mean time to progression used in most studies.
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Don’t trust interface dermatitis to diagnose dermatomyositis
This histologic finding was not present in about a quarter of a cohort of patients with DM.
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Eye-opening findings cast spondyloarthritis in new light, expert says
New findings show that, in a surprisingly high number of patients, inflammatory back pain does not lead to axial SpA
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Emergency gout admission increase is ‘call to arms’
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – There is a rising rate of emergency gout admissions in England that pharmacist-led clinics could potentially help to reduce...