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Psoriatic Arthritis & the Obese Patient

November 6, 2022 • By Linda Kossoff

The National Psoriasis Foundation estimates that more than 8 million people in the U.S. suffer from psoriasis and that approximately 30% of those individuals develop psoriatic arthritis (PsA).1 Given these statistics, roughly 2.4 million people in the country are likely affected by PsA. Moreover, patients with this systemic condition carry a higher-than-average burden of cardiometabolic… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Patient Perspective Tagged With: Obesity, PsA Resource Center, Psoriatic Arthritis

Diet & Exercise: What’s the Economic Benefit for Overweight & Obese Patients with Knee OA?

July 1, 2019 • By Arthritis Care & Research

New research recently found that, when combined with standard treatment, diet and exercise regimens are cost effective for overweight and obese patients with knee OA…... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: Arthritis Care & Research, Diet, Exercise, Knee Osteoarthritis (OA)

Bariatric Surgery May Help Obese Patients with Gout, Diabetes

August 1, 2014 • By Kathy Holliman

Researchers found patients with morbid obesity, gout and diabetes achieved target serum urate concentrations post-bariatric surgery... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Crystal Arthritis, Research Reviews Tagged With: AC&R, American College of Rheumatology, bariatric surgery, crystal arthritis, diabetes, Gout, Holliman, Obesity, Research, rheumatologist, rheumatology

New Findings for Polymyalgia Rheumatica & Osteoarthritis

December 1, 2022 • By Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD

The Plenary III Session reviewed the results of the SAPHYR trial of sarilumab in PMR patients, as well as the WE-CAN study on the impact of a community-level diet & exercise program on knee pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis.... [Read More]

Filed Under: ACR Convergence, Conditions, Meeting Reports Tagged With: ACR Convergence 2022, Osteoarthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), sarilumab, weight loss

Elevated BMI Associated with Pain in Patients with Hand OA

November 8, 2022 • By Lara C. Pullen, PhD

Research from Gloersen et al. suggests the systemic effects of obesity, as measured by leptin, may play a role in the severity of pain experienced by patients with hand osteoarthritis.... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: BMI, body mass index (BMI), hand, hand osteoarthritis, hand pain, Osteoarthritis, osteoarthritis (OA)

Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Lower Women’s Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis

August 25, 2022 • By Lara C. Pullen, PhD

Using data from cohorts with detailed lifestyle data and lengthy follow-up, Hahn et al. demonstrated that healthy lifestyle behaviors are associated with a lower risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), concluding that a substantial proportion of RA may be preventable.... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Rheumatoid Arthritis Tagged With: Arthritis Care & Research, behavior, Diet, lifestyle, physical activity, physical fitness, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

3 New Study Summaries from AC&R: Obesity in RA, CPDD Risk Factors & SLE Disparities

August 14, 2022 • By Joshua F. Baker, MD, MSCE; Joel Kremer, MD; Jean Lieuw, MD, MS; Alfredo Aguirre, MD; & Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH

1) Obesity & Treatment Response in RA Obesity & response to advanced therapies in rheumatoid arthritis Why was this study done? There have been questions regarding whether certain therapies for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are less effective in patients with obesity, particularly for tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, because adipose tissue is known to generate TNF,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Research Reviews, Rheumatoid Arthritis, SLE (Lupus) Tagged With: Arthritis Care & Research, calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease, Disparities, Obesity, Reading Rheum

OA Prevalence Primarily on the Rise

June 29, 2022 • By Arthritis & Rheumatology

Background & Objectives Worldwide, osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent, chronic joint disease that causes pain, disability and loss of function. Global trends demonstrated an increase of more than 100% in years lived with disability due to OA from 1990 to 2019. However, no nonsurgical intervention exists to prevent, halt or even delay OA progression…. [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: Arthritis & Rheumatology, disability, Osteoarthritis, osteoarthritis (OA), Prevalence

Pre-Eclampsia Risk & Rheumatic Disease

April 21, 2022 • By Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP

Secher et al. evaluated the risk of pre-eclampsia in pregnant patients with RA, axSpA or PsA, assessing the effect of disease activity and disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs on this risk.... [Read More]

Filed Under: ACR Convergence, Conditions, Drug Updates, Meeting Reports Tagged With: ACR Convergence 2021, pregnancy, pregnancy complications, pregnant women, Rheumatic Disease, Women

Back to Basics: RheumMadness 2022 Increasing ANA Positivity Scouting Report

March 3, 2022 • By University of Chicago School of Medicine: Lauren He, MD; Ana B. Arevalo, MD; & Kichul Ko, MD

Research has revealed how the prevalence of anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) positivity has changed over the past 25 years, raising questions about the role of ANA in autoimmunity and disease.... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Research Reviews Tagged With: ANA, anti-nuclear antibodies, RheumMadness

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