Rheumatology
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Medicare Part D beneficiaries without low-income subsidy less apt to fill prescriptions for pricey drugs
An analysis of more than 17,000 prescriptions written between 2012 and 2018 for Part D beneficiaries revealed that patients receiving subsidies...
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Medical cannabis may cut opioid use for back pain, OA
Preliminary data suggest more than one-third of people with back pain no longer used opioids after filling cannabis prescriptions. Opioid...
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COVID-19 infection linked to risk of cutaneous autoimmune and vascular diseases
“Our theory is that the severe inflammatory nature of COVID-19 leads to a lot of internal organ damage and exposure of autoantigens in that...
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Shoulder arthritis surgery: Depression complicates care
“People with depression and anxiety feel pain differently. It might have to do with your outlook – are you catastrophizing or thinking it’s a...
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TKA outcomes for age 80+ similar to younger patients
In a study of more than 1.7 million cases, length of hospital stay and readmission rates were only slightly higher for octogenarians than for...
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Orphenadrine recalled due to possible nitrosamine impurity
The voluntary recall of Orphenadrine Citrate 100 mg Extended Release Tablets by Sandoz involves 13 lots of the drug that were shipped to consumers...
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Severe obesity reduces responses to TNF inhibitors and non-TNF biologics to similar extent
The study represents the first evidence of a similar reduction in therapeutic response with both TNF inhibitors and non-TNF biologics in patients...
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Trial gives new guidance for choosing initial PsA treatment
Adding the tumor necrosis factor inhibitor adalimumab to methotrexate because of a lack of efficacy or tolerability produced better results than...
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Experimental lupus therapy only shows significant effect at highest dose
The results of a phase 2 trial of iberdomide are “potentially exciting,” but caution is warranted because “there have been too many phase 3 trial...
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Pollution levels linked to physical and mental health problems
Studies reveal associations between air pollution and autoimmune disease in adults and depression in teens.
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Many rheumatologists in Ukraine become refugees amid chaos
Some are forced to leave the country or close their practices. Those staying are often using telemedicine or retraining to treat people outside...