Rheumatology
News
FDA advisory committee recommends approval of gout drug lesinurad, with caveats
News
Infections from endemic fungi, mycobacteria rare in patients on TNFIs
Key clinical point: The incidence of select mycobacterial and fungal infections in patients taking TNFIs is low. Major finding: Only 0.51% of...
Conference Coverage
EADV: Comorbid spondyloarthropathy common in hidradenitis suppurativa
Axial spondyloarthropathy is extremely common in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa.
News
Serious infection risk rose with opioid use in rheumatoid arthritis
Key clinical point:This is the first convincing evidence of an increased risk of infection associated with opioid use in patients with rheumatoid...
News
Physician- and patient-based fibromyalgia criteria differ little for most patients
Key clinical point: Physician-based and patient-based reporting of fibromyalgia symptoms yield similar rates of fibromyalgia diagnosis. Major...
News
Benefits, risks of total knee replacement for OA illuminated in trial
Key clinical point: Total knee replacement is superior to nonsurgical treatment in decreasing pain and improving function and quality of life....
News
Worsening of lesions on MRI predicts knee OA
Key clinical point: People with knee cartilage damage, meniscal tear, meniscal extrusion, and bone marrow lesions on MRI were likelier to have...
News
Dactylitis warns of future damage in psoriatic arthritis
Key clinical point: Men with early psoriatic arthritis tend to improve clinically but develop radiographic changes over a 5-year period, whereas...
News
High cholesterol predicts RA in women
News
Serum HA cutoff predicts progression in knee OA
Key clinical point: Serum HA of 51.9 ng/mL predicts a fivefold increase in risk of progression of existing knee osteoarthritis over 5 years. Major...
News
Three-month time point critical in T2T
Key clinical point:Failure to achieve minor responses at 3 months almost ruled out successfully reaching the target at 6 months. Major finding: To...