(Reuters Health)—Patients with acute pain from osteoporosis damage to the spine don’t experience any more relief from surgery to inject cement into cracked or broken vertebrae than they would with a sham procedure, a recent trial in The Netherlands suggests. All of the patients in the experiment had compression fractures, which can happen when osteoporosis…
One Step Closer to Personalized Medicine for RA Patients
New research is translating the molecular signals in RA patients to better understand the earliest signs of disease. The work on using these signs to test the effects of RA treatment may help rheumatologists determine the most effective treatment for individuals…
Antiplatelet Therapy May Protect Renal Function in Some Lupus Patients
New research suggests that antiplatelet therapy may improve the estimated glomerular filtration rate in lupus anticoagulant-positive patients with lupus nephritis. Researchers found these patients had a higher eGFR level after three years than lupus anticoagulant-positive patients who did not receive antiplatelet therapy…
Researchers Compare Nonsurgical Knee OA Treatments
According to new research, knee OA patients reported greater pain relief from intra-articular corticosteroids, but naproxen was more effective at improving function…
Healthcare Providers Should Encourage Exercise for OA Patients
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…
HCV-Associated Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis Resolves after Virologic Cure
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection resolves after effective treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), with most patients remaining in remission for two or more years, researchers from Spain report. “Most clinical manifestations of the disease improve over time, but some patients may have a clinical recurrence of their disease…
How Footwear Affects Patients with Medial Knee Osteoarthritis
A patient’s gait, or how they walk, is an important predictor of the biomechanical load distribution that affects osteoarthritis (OA). This understanding comes from a growing body of literature in biomechanics to test and treat patients with OA, which takes into account a very practical treatment: a patient’s shoes. A focus on flexible footwear, along…
Improved Family Planning Counseling Needed
In the U.S. today, approximately 45% of pregnancies are unintended or unplanned.1 Although this rate is considerably lower than in the past, women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or inflammatory myopathies tend to have better pregnancy outcomes if their disease is well controlled when they conceive. In addition, women taking certain medications…
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps & Their Role in Autoimmunity
Certain medications have been associated for decades with the development of drug-induced autoimmunity. New research published in March 2018 in Arthritis & Rheumatology suggests that NETs (neutrophil extracellular traps) are potentially implicated in the mechanisms that lead to drug-induced autoimmunity.1 Peter Grayson, MD, MSc, head of the Vasculitis Translational Research Program at the National Institute…
Study Assesses Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Safety in Rheumatic Disease
Since they were first introduced in 2011, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have become an important treatment for an expanding list of advanced cancers. Some concerns have been raised around the mechanism of action of these immunotherapy agents, making their use in rheumatic diseases (RD) problematical. An article in the March 2018 issue of Arthritis &…
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