Spondyloarthropathies News

There exist individual- and country-level health inequalities among patients with spondyloarthritis, with women and less educated people experiencing worse disease activity and physical function, according to data published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Despite various options, there is a similar safety profile across JAK inhibitors, according to an expert at the Annual Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.

Take a listen to this medical mystery and learn about a not-so-rare condition — depending on where you live. Hear some interesting historical stories about the physicians who helped establish the diagnosis, as well as an interview with a renowned expert.

The specialty of rheumatology has become increasingly popular over the past several years for physicians who have completed their residencies, which has been attributed to a variety of factors, including lifestyle, job satisfaction, job availability, mentorship opportunities, and intellectual interest.

Inflammatory bowel disease events, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, are uncommon in patients with psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis and ankylosing spondylitis who were treated with secukinumab, according to data published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Splashy headlines in the mainstream media that proclaim advances in medicine are often not what they seem. That may be the case with a recent series of FDA approvals surrounding the direct-to-consumer genetic testing platform, 23andMe.

Patients with ankylosing spondylitis experience significantly reduced health-related quality of life, defined by the Medical Outcome Survey Short Form-36, compared with healthy controls, although improvements may be possible by addressing disease activity score–C-reactive protein and fatigue, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

CHICAGO — Phase 3 data from the SEAM-PsA study presented at the ACR/ARHP 2018 Annual Meeting showed that etanercept alone or in combination with methotrexate was effective against psoriatic arthritis and superior to methotrexate alone.

CHICAGO — Patients with ankylosing spondylitis had an increased risk for melanoma, hematological malignancies, kidney and thyroid cancer but a reduced risk for lung, esophagus, stomach, colorectal, liver and gallbladder cancer compared with the general population, according to data presented at the ACR/ARHP 2018 Annual Meeting.

The prevalence and incidence of vertebral fracture is low among patients with early axial spondyloarthritis, according to recent data in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.