Rheumatoid Arthritis News

SAN DIEGO — Healio spoke with Kathryn Dao, MD, about a presentation from ACR Convergence 2023 that assessed the impact of diet on patients with rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.

SAN DIEGO — In this video, Kathryn Dao, MD, spoke with Healio about patient-reported outcomes from the ARCTIC REWIND study presented at ACR Convergence 2023.

SAN DIEGO — Healio spoke with Kathryn Dao, MD, about a study assessing the effects of tapering to withdraw of TNF inhibitors compared with stable use among patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

SAN DIEGO — Kathryn Dao, MD, discusses a study presented at ACR Convergence 2023 that compared the initiation of TNF inhibitors with non-TNF inhibitor biologics or JAK inhibitors among patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease.

SAN DIEGO — In this video, Healio spoke with Kathryn Dao, MD, about the SMART study presented at ACR Convergence 2023.

SAN DIEGO — Split-dose methotrexate had greater efficacy and reduced the need for additional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs at 16 weeks vs. a single dose for rheumatoid arthritis, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who reported having long COVID in the past year demonstrated “many symptoms” of long COVID prior to initial infection,” according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.

SAN DIEGO — A 12-week, remote training program improved rheumatoid arthritis knowledge and clinical behaviors among PCPs in underserved Native American populations across the United States, according to speaker at ACR Convergence 2023.

SAN DIEGO — A remote, technology-based physical therapy intervention that included phone calls with a health care provider improved self-management and physical activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a speaker.

SAN DIEGO — Compared with Medicaid and private insurance, Medicare has lagged significantly in adopting infliximab biosimilars despite the multiple options now available, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.