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Anticonvulsants Unhelpful for Low Back Pain

Marilynn Larkin  |  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Solid evidence suggests that anticonvulsants provide no benefit for low back or lumbar radicular pain and a high risk of harm, researchers say. “We started the study because these drugs were increasingly being used for low back pain and radiating leg pain, without the support of strong evidence of effectiveness,” principal investigator…

Romosozumab Improves Bone Mineral Density in Men with Osteoporosis

Anne Harding  |  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Romosozumab improves bone mineral density (BMD) in men with osteoporosis, but safety concerns are holding up its approval in the U.S. Up to 2 million men in the U.S. have osteoporosis, and up to 13 million have osteopenia, researchers note in a report online June 20 in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology…

Obesity in Women & Smoking in Men Strongly Predict Lack of Remission in Early RA

Lorraine L. Janeczko  |  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Obesity in women and current smoking in men appear to be the strongest predictors of lack of remission in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) within one year, according to new research presented June 13 at EULAR 2018, the annual meeting of the European League Against Rheumatism, in Amsterdam.1 Even though early identification and…

ACR & NPF Highlight Medicare Access Challenges in Capitol Hill Briefing

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Concerns about how the Trump administration’s ideas to lower drug prices could reduce patient access to medicines led the ACR to speak out on many different fronts. On June 25, at a briefing hosted by the ACR and the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF), a packed room of Congressional staffers and reporters learned from rheumatologists and…

Program May Prevent Work Loss for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

Arthritis Care & Research  |  

Within 10 years of diagnosis, 23–45% of patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease may become unemployed due to disease-related disability. Intervention programs may be necessary to prevent this work loss. New research examined if a vocational rehabilitation program delivered by occupational and physical therapists can benefit this patient population…

Little Evidence to Support Most Dietary Interventions for Psoriasis

Marilynn Larkin  |  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—New recommendations from the National Psoriasis Foundation Medical Board suggest that losing weight by following a low-calorie diet can reduce psoriasisseverity in overweight patients, but there is little evidence to support other dietary interventions. “Our psoriasis patients have long asked us about the role of diet on psoriasis,” Dr. April Armstrong of the…