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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…

Pain Links Fibromyalgia & RA

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Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) report pain despite excellent control of inflammation with immunotherapies. Variable degrees of coexisting fibromyalgia (FM) may explain this disparity. RA patients who have the highest 2011 ACR FM survey criteria scores appear to share neurobiologic features consistently observed in FM patients. This study is the first to provide neuroimaging evidence that RA is a mixed pain state, with many patients’ symptoms being related to the central nervous system rather than to classic inflammatory mechanisms…

BMD Not a Reliable Predictor of Vertebral Fragility Fracture in Older Women

Scott Baltic  |  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Bone mineral density (BMD), particularly lumbar BMD, may not reliably indicate the presence of asymptomatic vertebral fragility fractures in post-menopausal women, new findings suggest. In a study online May 9 in Bone, Italian researchers found such fractures were common among women seen at an osteoporosis clinic, yet the vast majority had not…