Rheumatology
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Loss of BMD linked to knee OA progression
Major finding: BMD loss of 0.1 g/cm2 was associated with a 1.25% per year loss of cartilage volume.Data source: An observational cohort study of...
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Old gout drug learns new cardiac tricks
Major finding: At the end of 5 years of allopurinol use, the incidence of new-onset atrial fibrillation was 184 cases/1,000 person-years in the...
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Pregnancies after vasculitis diagnosis are at risk
Major Finding: The rate of pregnancy loss was significantly higher among women who had vasculitis when they conceived (33.8%) than it was among...
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Potential of transcranial direct current stimulation shown in fibromyalgia
Major finding: Cathodal high-definition tDCS significantly decreased visual numerical pain scores, compared with sham stimulation, lowering scores...
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Double-jointed teens have high risk for musculoskeletal pain
Major finding: Adolescents deemed to have hypermobile joints had greater odds for having pain 4 years later in the shoulder (OR, 1.68), knee (OR,...
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Anti-TNF agents vary in ability to cross placenta
Major Finding: Ratios of infliximab and adalimumab in samples of cord blood and infant serum to maternal plasma occurred at a median of 160:100...
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PDE-5 inhibitors decrease secondary Raynaud's attacks
Major finding: Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors significantly reduced the frequency of ischemic attacks in secondary Raynaud’s phenomenon by up to 0...
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Smoking raises risk of active skin manifestations in SLE
Major Finding: Current smokers with systemic lupus erythematosus were 63% more likely than past or never smokers to have an active SLE rash.Data...