Research Summaries

Rheumatology
Rheumatology
09/17/2018
Researchers in Norway compared clinical and echocardiographic data of 139 patients with ankylosing spondylitis to controls to determine left ventricular mass.
09/17/2018
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
09/13/2018
In a new study, researchers examined the effects of a multimodal intervention for reducing missed opportunities for outpatient influenza vaccination in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis.
09/13/2018
Skin Cancer
Skin Cancer
09/10/2018
Researchers found an association between a widely used drug for rheumatoid arthritis and a mutational gene in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
09/10/2018
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
08/01/2018
In a recent study, researchers sought to evaluate the relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and the severity of disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
08/01/2018
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
07/31/2018
osteoarthritis
osteoarthritis
07/13/2018
In an attempt to predict 40-year knee osteoarthritis risk in adolescents, researchers simplified a previously published knee OA risk prediction model. The efficacy of the model was tested in a new study. ...
07/13/2018
cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular disease
06/15/2018
Previous research has indicated that OA is an independent risk factor for CVD, but the relationship is complicated, due to the frequent use of NSAIDs in OA.
06/15/2018
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
06/14/2018
The safety and efficacy of a selective Janus kinase 1 inhibitor were recently tested in nearly 500 patients with active rheumatoid arthritis with an inadequate response to biologic disease-modifying...
06/14/2018
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
05/23/2018
In a new study, researchers aimed to compare outcomes associated with treatment targets geared towards achieving low disease activity vs remission in patients with early active rheumatoid arthritis.
05/23/2018
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
05/21/2018
In a recent study, researchers detail various predictors of flare in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with sustained low disease activity who taper their anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy.
05/21/2018