Researchers reveal that the benefit of intravenous glucocorticoid treatment in patients with giant cell arteritis may not be significant enough to risk exposure to the drugs’ toxicity.
While already common practice in Europe, the use of vascular ultrasound to diagnose giant cell arteritis has been limited in the United States. New research aims to change that.
A new app allows patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases to choose which measures of disease activity to track—and the results can help direct personalized treatment.
Researchers examined whether a treat-to-target approach for rheumatoid arthritis among patients who were or wished to become pregnant could achieve remission or low disease activity.
Past studies have shown that psoriatic arthritis negatively affects patients’ psychosocial aspects of health and quality of life. New research unveils whether these features are present before diagnosis and...
Because menopause and hormone changes are linked with osteoporosis and bone fracture, researchers sought to determine the impact of hysterectomy on the risk of osteoporosis or bone fracture.
While early diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis is key, a new study that was released during ACR Convergence shows that there is often a delay in diagnosis. Find out which patients are at the highest risk for...
