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Lab results, symptom tracking top list of key metrics among rheumatology patients
The ability to view laboratory results, track symptoms and sharing them with a provider were rated as the most useful potential app functions by patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, according to data.
Source of surging autoimmunity may lie in ‘a thousand cuts’
The common consensus for some time has been that the prevalence of autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases has been on the rise.
EULAR: Physical activity, regular assessment recommended for fatigue in inflammatory RMD
Fatigue in patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases should be addressed with tailored physical activity, psychoeducational interventions or possibly immunomodulatory treatment, according to EULAR recommendations.
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Poverty, chronic inflammation have ‘synergistic’ impact driving all-cause, cancer mortality
Poverty and chronic inflammation together may have a “synergistic” impact leading to higher all-cause mortality, including a 127% increased heart disease mortality risk and a 196% higher risk for cancer mortality, according to data.
Medicare price negotiation list includes rheumatology drugs ustekinumab, etanercept
The first 10 drugs eligible for price negotiation through Medicare includes etanercept and ustekinumab, biologic therapies commonly used to treat patients with rheumatic diseases, the Biden administration announced.
Biosimilar TNF inhibitors led to reduced prices, no increase in availability in Poland
The emergence of biosimilar TNF inhibitors in Poland led to reduced prices and expenditures, but little improvements in treatment availability, according to data published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Biologic DMARDs control ICI-associated inflammatory arthritis quicker than methotrexate
Patients with immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated inflammatory arthritis who receive a biologic DMARD demonstrate quicker arthritis control, but also experience faster cancer progression, vs. methotrexate, according to data.
‘Three-way interaction’ found between HLA-B27, male sex, sacroiliitis development in IBD
CHICAGO — In patients with inflammatory bowel disease, a “strong and consistent three-way interaction” was identified between HLA-B27, male sex and the development of sacroiliitis, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.
‘It takes a village’ to manage cardiovascular disease in patients with IMIDs
Properly managing cardiovascular disease in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases requires following guidelines and inter-specialty collaboration, according to a speaker at the Biologic Therapies Summit.
TNF inhibitors ‘not always’ standard of care in spondyloarthritis
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Although TNF inhibitors can work “across the spectrum” in spondyloarthritis, they are “not always” the standard of care, according to a presenter at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.
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Over one-third of adults not planning on receiving recommended vaccines this fall
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Popular home BP devices unable to provide accurate readings for millions due to sizing
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