Rheumatology
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Bariatric Surgery Markedly Improves Osteoarthritic Knee Pain
Major Finding: Depending on the type of bariatric surgery, between 51% and 71% of 264 obese patients saw marked improvement in osteoarthritic knee...
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RA Remission More Meaningful Than Minimal Disease
Major Finding: Patients achieving remission were significantly less likely to have had a recent hospitalization (5% vs. 8%), had lower monthly...
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Etanercept Maintenance Regimen Suppressed RA Flares
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Osteoarthritis Linked to Elevated CVD Risk
Major Finding: Individuals with osteoarthritis had a 19% increased risk of cardiovascular disease after potential confounders were taken into...
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Anemia Spikes Infection Risk in Patients Initiating RA Therapy
Major Finding: Patients were more likely to develop any infection if they had lung disease (HR, 1.97) or heart disease (HR, 1.39), and were more...
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Psoriasis Not Independent Cardiac Risk Factor, Study Finds
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Intra-Articular Steroid Injections Don't Predict Ablation Efficacy
Major Finding: Approximately 50% of 80 patients with chronic low back pain who underwent radiofrequency ablation of the lateral branches...
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Low Vitamin D May Trigger Inflammatory Arthritis
Major Finding: Fully 77% of patients had vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency.
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Parasagittal Beats Midline for Lumbar Steroid Injections
Major Finding: Oswestry scores decreased in the parasagittal group from 21 at baseline to approximately 12 on follow-up day 1, and to...