Preventing infection in patients with RA should be a consideration for rheumatologists prescribing disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs after a Swedish study found patients on these therapies have a 6.1% risk of developing serious infection.
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Legalities of Telemedicine
A brief has been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court that, if the court decides to hear the case, could have wide-ranging implications for online medical care and the limits of a physician’s First Amendment right to free speech. Medical Advice Via e-Mail Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Jeff Rowes filed the brief at the…
How Hospitals Rank in Treating Childhood-Onset SLE
A recent study of how medical facilities in three countries meet minimum care standards for patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus found a wide variation in quality of care…
IBD Tied to Higher Risk of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at slightly increased risk of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), according to Danish researchers. In a paper online Sept. 8 in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Bjørn Kantsø of Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen and colleagues note that the inappropriate immune response against infective agents seen in…
Preparing Immunocompromised Patients for Risks of Traveling Abroad
Summer is a season for travel, so if your immunocompromised patients plan to journey to regions where there are outbreaks of infections, such as chikungunya, tuberculosis, typhoid, yellow fever or other diseases, communication and preparation may prevent serious health events. “The world teems with disease-causing organisms, and almost every infection is more serious in the…
Hepatitis Reaction with Rituximab Sparks Drug Safety Alert
The FDA modifies rituximab prescribing information to stress risk of hepatitis B virus reactivation
Vaccines and Biologics: What Rheumatologists Need to Know
How vaccines, medications and rheumatic disease-related effects on immune system interact
EULAR 2014: Collaboration Among Rheumatology Groups Expected to Build
ACR, European League Against Rheumatism, other groups, to work together creating disease criteria and response sets, patient management guidelines
Malignant Atrophic Papulosis Is Challenging to Diagnose, Treat
Patient histories, clinician reports of condition also called Köhlmeier-Degos disease underscore need for integrated, multidisciplinary care
2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Advances in Genomic Research Demystify, Defeat Disease
Researcher J. Craig Venter, PhD, explains how technological progress in metabiomics may enable scientists to create synthetic, engineered bacteria to counter diseases and manufacture virus-fighting vaccines where they are needed
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