Rheumatoid Arthritis News

• Does He Have Back Pain or Rheumatism? The search for evidence of inflammatory conditions is difficult, even for experts. One expert explains how this search can be successful.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• BSR 2022 Risk Factors for COVID Death Studied in U.K. Arthritis Patients Shielding status was the highest ranked of all the risk factors identified for early mortality from COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• BSR 2022 Reduced-Frequency Methotrexate Monitoring Causes No Harm Laboratory blood test results were similar despite moving from once every month to about once every 3 months or about once every 5 months during the pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• CARRA 2022 Prior Authorizations Delay TNF Inhibitors for Children With JIA Many patients newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) at one academic center over a year had delays in care due to unnecessary prior authorization denials.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Periodontitis May Be Linked With Systemic Diseases Periodontitis may be associated with Alzheimer's disease and other chronic disorders, according to epidemiologic studies. The data suggest the importance of oral health for overall health.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2022
• Maternal Autoimmune Diseases Up Risk of Mental Illness in Children The risk of mental disorders was 16% higher in offspring whose mothers had autoimmune diseases such as diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, a new study found.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2022
• Alert Upadacitinib Earns FDA Approval for Ankylosing Spondylitis Janus kinase inhibitor offers oral option for patients who have failed treatment.
  FDA Approvals, May 02, 2022
• ACP-IM 2022 How to Address Social Determinants of Health A panel of experts talked about policies to address social determinants of health at the 2022 annual meeting of the American College of Physicians.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• Restrictive, Vegan-Based Diet Linked to Fewer RA Symptoms A small, randomized, crossover study suggests a vegan diet improves joint pain in rheumatoid arthritis, but the findings are unclear.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• Parents' Autoimmune Diseases May Affect Children's Development Type 1 diabetes and psoriasis in parents are associated with an increased risk for autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children, data indicate.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• OARSI 2022 OARSI Sets Sights on Classifying Early-Stage Knee Osteoarthritis "Early-stage knee OA classification criteria, we believe, are critically required," Gillian Hawker, MD, said at the OARSI 2022 World Congress.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
• AACR 2022 Novel COVID-19 Vaccine for Patients With Blood Cancers A novel vaccine (CoVac-1) currently in clinical trials in Germany induced T-cell immune responses in a large proportion of patients with blood cancers and B cell deficiencies.
  Medscape Medical News, April 19, 2022
• Medicare Part D Beneficiaries Without Low-Income Subsidy Less Apt to Fill Prescriptions for Pricey Drugs Medicare Part D beneficiaries who don't qualify to receive low-income subsidies often do not fill prescriptions for high-price specialty drugs, a new study finds.
  Reuters Health Information, April 06, 2022
• JIA Disease Activity, Disability Linked to Social Factors For patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), levels of disease activity and disability vary, depending on family income, education level, and other social factors.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2022
• For the Immunocompromised, COVID Remains a Major Threat 'It's just really scary as an immunocompromised person to not know what you're going to be presented with and how to prepare,' said Heather Benjamin, an immunocompromised woman in Burlington, Vermont.
  WebMD Health News, April 07, 2022
• Does Evidence Support Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids? Many claims have been made about the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. A review of the data, however, does not support many benefits, and even suggests potential risks.
  Medscape Medical News, March 30, 2022
• Obesity Reduces Responses to TNF Inhibitor and Non-TNF Biologics The study represents the first evidence of a similar reduction in therapeutic response with both TNF inhibitors and non-TNF biologics in patients with RA and severe obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, March 27, 2022
• Even Moderate Exercise Offers Strong Shield From COVID-19 Exercise and vaccination are likely to be the two most significant interventions in further waves of the pandemic, suggests the author of the first such study to directly measure activity.
  Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2022
• 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 escalating the methotrexate dose alone.
  Medscape Medical News, March 21, 2022
• COVID-19 Vaccines Effective in Younger Patients With Childhood-Onset Rheumatic Diseases A two-dose regimen of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines elicited a robust humoral neutralization response in almost all adolescents and young adults with childhood-onset rheumatic diseases in a new study from Singapore.
  Reuters Health Information, March 17, 2022