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Adalimumab May Help Maintain Remission in Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis

Lorraine L. Janeczko | August 20, 2018

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—In patients with active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) who achieved remission while taking adalimumab, researchers saw fewer flares among those who continued taking the drug than among those who stopped taking it. “The results showed that continued therapy with adalimumab was associated with a higher rate of maintenance of remission compared with…

The State of the Science: Annual Research Meetings Foster Collaboration & Mentorship

David Daikh, MD, PhD, & Abby Abelson, MD, FACR | August 16, 2018

The 11th annual Investigators’ Meeting and the Rheumatology Research Workshop, held in June in San Francisco, were by all accounts great successes. California sunshine greeted more than 120 attendees as we came together to share the latest advances and updates in rheumatology research. These annual meetings have something for every research professional, whether you work…

Tanezumab Promising for OA Pain; Plus, Filgotinib Investigated for Psoriatic Arthritis

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | August 15, 2018

New research shows tanezumab may be safe and effective for patients with osteoarthritis pain…

ACR Advocates for Access to Viscosupplementation for OA

Kelly Tyrrell | August 6, 2018

In several U.S. states, Blue Cross/Blue Shield and other insurers have dropped or are considering dropping coverage of hyaluronic acid injection—or viscosupplementation—for patients with knee osteoarthritis. The decision appears to be based on guidelines published by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in 2013, which at that time specified that research had not found hyaluronic…

Rheumatologists in U.S. on J-1 Visas Face Challenges After Fellowship

Shing Law, BM, BCh | July 19, 2018

I am an alien rheumatologist. Are you? One in five rheumatology fellows is considered an alien. Under the Code of Federal Regulations Title 22 Chapter I Subchapter G Part 62 Subpart B Section 62.27, an alien physician is a foreign national who is a graduate of a school of medicine who comes to the U.S….

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Case Report Illustrates Hypercoagulability in Behçet’s Disease

Aiza Tariq, MD, & Jasim Alidina, MD | June 21, 2018

Behçet’s disease is a chronic, relapsing and remitting vasculitis with multisystem involvement. Commonly referred to as the Silk Road disease due to its prevalence in the Asian and Mediterranean region of the traditional Silk Road, Behçet’s was first described by Hippocrates as a triad of symptoms—genital and oral ulcers with uveitis—and attributed to links with…

Hip Bone Deterioration May Differ Significantly Between Men & Women

Marilynn Larkin | June 12, 2018

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Various image analysis techniques show sex-specific patterns of bone deterioration at the hip, suggesting that men and women should be assessed differently for hip fracture risk, researchers say. “One major contribution of this work is the integration of data-driven computational anatomy approaches, which showed that proximal femur fragility linked to fracture seems…

Healthcare Providers Should Encourage Exercise for OA Patients

Lara C. Pullen, PhD | May 23, 2018

A systemic review supports the ideas that exercise benefits the physical and mental health of patients experiencing pain related to hip and/or knee osteoarthritis (OA). Overall, research indicates that patients who exercised had slightly lower rates of pain and greater physical function, as well as slightly improved self-efficacy and social function…

Affiliate Society Council Meeting Provides Motivation, Fellowship, Opportunity

Kelly Tyrrell | May 21, 2018

On Wednesday, May 16, 2018, the ACR’s Affiliate Society Council (ASC) convened a meeting in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with the ACR’s Advocacy Leadership Conference. Despite inclement weather that delayed or cancelled numerous flights, several rheumatology representatives from states across the U.S. attended the meeting in person, while others participated by conference call. “It was…

Existing CT Scans as Good as DXA for Assessing Hip Fracture Risk

Scott Baltic | May 8, 2018

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—A “biomechanical” analysis of a previously taken pelvic or abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan is at least as accurate in assessing an individual’s hip fracture risk as a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan, according to new research. This accuracy of the hip bone mineral density (BMD) T-score as measured by the biomechanical…