Rheumatology
News
Study reveals distinct forms of foot osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis of the foot takes one of two forms: isolated disease of the first metatarsophalangeal joint or more extensive disease of that and...
Conference Coverage
Study yields insight into nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis progression
Just 26% of patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis progessed to ankylosing spondylitis in 15 years.
News
Recommended RA targets tied to better health outcomes
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who achieved recommended targets on measures of disease activity functioned better, had better quality of life...
News
Pain, quality of life measures improve more in OA than RA after knee arthroplasty
RA and OA patients improved in almost all outcome measures of pain, function, and HRQoL after recovering from a TKA.
Commentary
GRAPPA initiatives continue to chart the way for psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis
Conference Coverage
Usual physiotherapy remains best approach in knee OA
Key clinical point: Usual physiotherapy care for knee osteoarthritis remains the standard for practice and is the most cost-effective option....
Conference Coverage
Erosive hand disease likely ‘more severe form of OA’
Erosive hand osteoarthritis is probably a more severe form of the disease, rather than a separate clinical entity, a team of Norwegian researchers...
News
CMS proposes comprehensive care initiative for hip and knee replacements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement payment model to improve patient outcomes...
News
FDA will strengthen heart attack, stroke risk warnings for all NSAIDs
Conference Coverage
EULAR: Intra-articular Traumeel and Zeel injections offer ‘favorable’ knee OA pain relief
Key clinical point: The degree of pain control achieved with the homeopathic product combination was consistent with that seen with other injected...
Conference Coverage
EULAR: Steroid injection accuracy may not matter for OA knee pain relief
Key clinical point: Reductions in pain achieved with intra-articular corticosteroid injections were not influenced by the accuracy of injection....