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Proactive infliximab monitoring found best for sustaining control of inflammatory diseases
Proactive therapeutic drug monitoring with maintenance infliximab proved more effective in sustaining disease control than did standard care in...
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Guselkumab’s efficacy, safety confirmed in patients with psoriatic arthritis and prior TNFi exposure
COSMOS trial results in patients with psoriatic arthritis fit with the expectation that “people who’ve previously failed a TNF inhibitor might be...
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Largest ever review of new daily persistent headache assesses its clinical features
“Future prospective studies are needed to better understand this disabling disorder.”
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PT may lower risk of long-term opioid use after knee replacement
When patients who have undergone total knee replacement also undergo physical therapy soon after, the likelihood of long-term opioid use after...
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PRP injections don’t top placebo for ankle osteoarthritis
Results from a double-blind, randomized clinical trial provide the first high-level evidence showing a lack of efficacy for platelet-rich plasma...
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Few JAK inhibitor users have diminished immune response to COVID-19 vaccines
Most patients taking JAK inhibitors had seemingly adequate immune responses based on serologic assessment of detectable antibodies, but those...
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Study of biologics’ impact on psoriasis-to-PsA transition contradicts previous findings
Differing patient selection criteria and other biases may be why results from a large EHR administrative database study contradict those from...
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Assessing headache severity via migraine symptoms can help predict outcomes
“Our hope is that this work serves as foundational basis for better understanding the complexity of headache as a symptom-based condition.”
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Researchers describe first reports of breakthrough COVID infections, booster shots in rheumatology patients
The first published results of breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection in fully or partially vaccinated patients with RMDs hint at encouraging low rates...
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MS plus depression can increase risk of death, vascular disease
“The effects of depression and MS on all-cause mortality are synergistic.”
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Young Black and White athletes differ in how they recover from concussions
Understanding these differences may serve to provide better and more personalized intervention and management strategies.
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Diet, exercise in older adults with knee OA have long-term payoff
Older adults with knee OA who participated in a 1.5-year diet and exercise trial continued to see benefits 3.5 years after the interventions ended...
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HBV screening often incomplete or forgone when starting tocilizumab, tofacitinib
About three-quarters of patients starting either drug in a single health system did not undergo complete hepatitis B virus screening beforehand....
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COVID-19 vaccination does not increase risk of flare in patients with lupus
An international web-based survey found a very low rate of medically confirmed flare post COVID vaccination in nearly 700 participants.
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Updated consensus statement assesses new migraine treatments
The AHS offers a consensus statement, but not everyone agrees.