Due to possible heart-related side effects, romosozumab is no longer expected to be approved this year for the treatment of osteoporosis…
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IBD Treatments Don’t Seem to Raise Extracolonic Cancer Risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Immunosuppressants and anti-TNF drugs do not appear to increase the risk of extracolonic cancers in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), researchers from Spain report. IBD patients face an increased risk of colon cancer, and some studies have suggested there might be an increased risk of extracolonic cancer. Dr. Maria Chaparro from…
Voclosporin Promising for Lupus Nephritis
In a recent clinical trial, voclosporin proved safe and effective at both low and high doses as a treatment for lupus nephritis…
Newly Diagnosed SLE Patients Have a Greater Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
New research has examined the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), as well as myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke, for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a large-scale population-based study. Researchers found that patients with SLE have a greater than two-fold increased risk of developing CVD. This risk is greatest during the first year after diagnosis and remains elevated for at least five years…
A Look at CPT Codes for Prolonged Services
In the 2017Â Medicare physician fee schedule, the CMS officially activated CPT codes 99358 and 99359 as reimbursable codes for non-face-to-face prolonged services performed in the office or outpatient setting, hospital or nursing facility by physicians or other qualified health practitioners (not clinical staff). The CPT codes are defined as 99358: Prolonged evaluation and management service…
NSAIDs Increase MI Risk; Plus New Label Warnings for Canagliflozin
NSAIDs Increase Myocardial Infarction Risk According a recent meta-analysis of real-world non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use, NSAIDs may increase the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The analysis used individual patient data meta-analysis of studies from healthcare databases in Canada, Finland and the U.K. to determine the time course for risk of AMI, as well…
Infliximab-abda Becomes 5th Biosimilar Approved in the U.S. & Abaloparatide Approved for Osteoporosis
The FDA has approved infliximab-abda, a biosimilar for treating multiple rheumatic diseases, as well as abaloparatide for treating postmenopausal women with osteoporosis…
Optical Workings: Specialists Must Communicate to Treat Eye Disease
In an age of new medications for eye disease, rheumatologists and ophthalmologists must work together and communicate, says James Rosenbaum, MD. Teamwork and understanding how each specialty approaches the physical exam will aid patient care…
Trainees Discuss Pros, Cons of Rheumatology Residency Rotation
One day not too long ago, right smack in the middle of Thanksgiving and Christmas, I was sitting at the roundtable of our conference room, also known as the solarium due to its sunny disposition. The spirit was high, and we all felt like we could bring some joy to the clinic that day. I…
How Tuberculosis Has Shaped Medicine and Society
Pathologists are legendary for blending their work product with the culinary arts. Through the years, their use of delectable foods as descriptors has created a clever way to indelibly link in the minds of clinicians the histopathologic observations of disease with an assortment of these tasty foods: There is the depiction of an apple green…
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