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Axial spondyloarthritis versus axial psoriatic arthritis: Different entities?
Features of axial psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis overlap, but whether they’re different diseases or on the same spectrum is...
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Care for patients with gout needs improvement, says doctor
Failure to understand the gout disease process and goals of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) is a key barrier to achieving optimal gout therapy.
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Normal CRP during RA flares: An ‘underappreciated, persistent phenotype’
In about 5% of patients with seropositive RA, C-reactive protein levels were normal despite disease flares during a 5-year period. The findings...
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COVID-19 and psoriasis: Is there a link?
“Infection with COVID-19 has been associated with flares of guttate and pustular psoriasis, and even psoriasis that affects 100% of the skin.”
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FDA puts partial hold on investigational alopecia areata drug deuruxolitinib
The announcement came after a pulmonary embolism occurred with the 12-mg twice-daily dose in one of the long-term open-label extension studies.
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FDA fast tracks potential CAR T-cell therapy for lupus
The cellular therapy depletes CD19-positive B cells with the goal of ‘‘resetting’’ the immune system to achieve durable remission.
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Long-COVID rate may be higher with rheumatic diseases
The results highlight the need for close monitoring and optimized multidisciplinary care for long-term adverse events after COVID-19 in patients...
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Researchers seek to understand post-COVID autoimmune disease risk
Three large studies link past SARS-CoV-2 infection to new-onset autoimmune disease, but it is not yet clear what drives this relationship.
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NSAID use may mask MRI findings in a quarter of spondyloarthritis cases
Among nearly one in four patients whose MRI results were initially positive for sacroiliitis, results were negative 6 weeks after NSAIDs were...
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Long-COVID patients respond differently to COVID vaccines
Differences could explain why some people experience symptoms for months while others recover faster.
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New ABIM fees to stay listed as ‘board certified’ irk physicians
Responses to the policy on Twitter included accusations of extortion and denunciations of the ABIM’s “money grab policies.”