Rheumatology
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Anserine bursitis: Often-overlooked cause of knee pain
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Switching nonadherent to denosumab improved bone density
Major finding: Bone density increased at 1 year by 2.3% and 2% in the hip, 1.7% and 1.5% at the femoral neck, and 4% and 3.5% at the spine on...
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Meta-analysis: Lateral wedges don’t reduce medial knee OA pain
Major finding: Lateral wedges vs.
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Puffy fingers improves predictiveness of very early systemic sclerosis diagnosis
Major finding: Puffy fingers were identified in more Raynaud's phenomenon patients who were antinuclear antibody positive (38.5%) than ANA...
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Tofacitinib rapidly improves RA signs and symptoms
Major finding: ACR20 response rates were 21% greater in the 5 mg twice-daily tofacitinib arm and 26% greater in the 10 mg twice-daily arm, when...
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Trochanteric bursitis: Easily misdiagnosed, readily treatable
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Combo of smoking while overweight boosts RA incidence
Major finding: Patients who smoked and a BMI of at least 25 kg/m2 were 7.5-fold more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis.Data source: 27-month...
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Infliximab, IV steroid combos with methotrexate appear comparable in early RA
Major finding: At week 50 after the start of treatment, the mean change in modified total Sharp-van der Heijde score was 1.20 in 55 patients in...
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Most American RA patients quit biologics after 2 years
Major finding: Half of U.S. rheumatoid arthritis patients on a biologic drug for at least 6 months stopped it after 2 years.Data source: Data came...
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Venous thromboembolism risk increased with rheumatoid arthritis
Major finding: Having rheumatoid arthritis tripled the risk for deep vein thrombosis and doubled the risk for pulmonary embolism after controlling...