Mysterious White Blood Cell Disorder Not Just 'AIDS Without HIV' Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia not so heterogenous after all May 03, 2023
B-Cell Stimulating Factors Tied to Lymphoma in Sjogren's Findings may bolster interest in BTK inhibitors for autoimmune diseases May 02, 2023
More Evidence Links Parkinson's With Autoimmune Disease Exact mechanism remains speculative, however May 01, 2023
Diabetes and Poor Diet; Non-Surgical Sciatica Treatment Also in TTHealthWatch: umbilical cord blood analysis and obesity Apr 29, 2023 podcast
Lupus During Pregnancy Carries Higher Maternal, Fetal Morbidity Risks Patients four times as likely to need blood, 15 times as likely to experience acute renal failure Apr 25, 2023
Thumbs Down From FDA Panel on Plastic Meniscus Replacement Members unimpressed with efficacy, safety data Apr 21, 2023
FDA Staff Still Skeptical of Plastic Meniscus Replacement Advisory committee to consider novel product in Thursday meeting Apr 18, 2023
Aging Mechanisms Tied to Giant Cell Arteritis Small study may help explain how some GCA drugs actually work Apr 17, 2023
The Drug Company That Prospered Without Creating Any Drugs A look at Horizon Therapeutics' tactics Apr 16, 2023
Renal Function Safe With Pegloticase-MTX Combo for Gout Analysis looked at patients with stage 1-3 CKD from the MIRROR trial Apr 14, 2023
FDA Clears Shock-Absorbing Implant for Refractory Knee OA MISHA Knee System indicated for medial knee osteoarthritis not advanced enough for arthroplasty Apr 12, 2023
Make the Diagnosis: Complex Wrist Pain Shucks A 49-year-old man presented to the doctor with complaints of ulnar-sided wrist pain, joint stiffness, and decreased grip strength that had developed over 2 months. Apr 12, 2023
Here's Another Way the Pandemic Punished Rheumatologists Industry payments crashed, have yet to recover Apr 04, 2023
Interferon Blocker Crushes Macrophage Activation Syndrome Small trial shows promise for treating life-threatening complication of rheumatic diseases Apr 03, 2023
Revolving Door in OR Makes Surgeries Less Efficient Intraoperative staff swaps tied to longer operative time for hip, knee replacements Mar 22, 2023
Tofacitinib May Reduce Risk of Interstitial Lung Disease in RA Patients Retrospective study shows a 69% lower risk with tofacitinib compared with adalimumab Mar 21, 2023
Docs' Liking for Knee Injection Tied to Industry Payments Threefold rate for giving hyaluronic acid shots among those paid more than $100 Mar 20, 2023
Old Diabetes Drug May Help Stave off Osteoarthritis Metformin-treated patients fared better than sulfonylurea users Mar 20, 2023
JAK Inhibitor Succeeds in Refractory Vasculitis Seven of 11 patients respond after failing multiple previous meds Mar 16, 2023
New Lupus Drug Cuts Skin Disease When Other Agents Fail Small study backs anifrolumab for salvage therapy Mar 15, 2023
Blood Test Flags ILD in Systemic Sclerosis Blood-based screening could cut radiation exposure from repeated lung CT scans Mar 14, 2023
New Option on Horizon for Younger People With Refractory Knee OA Shock absorber implant seen outperforming osteotomy Mar 10, 2023
Marathon Running Not a Risk Factor for Arthritis A good thing too, because most aren't going to quit Mar 10, 2023
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Parsing the Kidney Complications Patterns seen in new study may aid prognosis, research Mar 03, 2023
Psoriatic Arthritis: Depressing News on Second- and Later-Line Treatments Real-world data indicate most patients who fail a first biologic drug never obtain remission Feb 27, 2023
Study Suggests Path Connecting Periodontal Disease With Rheumatoid Arthritis Exposing immune system to citrullinated bacterial proteins seen as trigger Feb 22, 2023
Taltz Safety, Efficacy Stay Robust in Spondyloarthritis at 3 Years Benefits appear durable for patients in a long-term extension Feb 21, 2023
Older Lupus Patients Need Follow-Up After Hospital Discharge ... or Else Medicare data show what happens when it's neglected Feb 09, 2023
Wearable Sensors Show Promise for Remote OA Assessment Provide good data and most patients can manage them, small trial indicates Feb 06, 2023
Rheumatoid Factor and ACPA, Meet Potential New Partners for RA Diagnosis Additional autoantibodies found to improve sensitivity in early-stage disease Feb 02, 2023
Mileage Varies for Different Hip Surgery Approaches No single "best" in meta-analysis, though a clear loser emerges Jan 31, 2023
Study: Diminished COVID Vaccine Response in Lupus Immunosuppressants seem responsible; mycophenolate "holiday" may help Jan 30, 2023
Blood Test Bests Standard OA Prognostic Models in Early Study Multi-marker panel does a better job of predicting who will show rapid progression Jan 25, 2023
Inflammatory VEXAS Syndrome May Not Be So Uncommon Is new disease being missed by physicians? Jan 24, 2023
In Knee OA, Exercise Is Helpful ... But Maybe More in Mind Than Body Trial shows little extra benefit from intensive program Jan 23, 2023
IBD and Rheumatic Diseases Overlap Specialists in both fields need to communicate and coordinate, says researcher Jan 23, 2023
Novel Gout Drug Passes Mid-Stage Test Developers hope to improve on allopurinol, febuxostat Jan 20, 2023
Phase III Trials Back Bimekizumab for Spondyloarthritis More good news for novel biologic Jan 17, 2023