April 11, 2024
TOPLINE: Tocilizumab administration results in high remission rates in adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD), but the recurrence rate increases on tocilizumab discontinuation, with a longer tocilizumab interval […]
April 11, 2024
TOPLINE: Both labial and parotid salivary glands can be used for the diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome (SjS), as their biopsies show largely similar histopathologic features in […]
April 10, 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the launch of the first clinical trial for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in children with […]
April 8, 2024
Progressive resistance training (PRT) and neuromuscular exercise (NEMEX) programs result in similar improvements in hip function, pain, and hip-related quality of life (QOL) in people with […]
April 8, 2024
Congress provided $10 million to fund arthritis research in the recently passed federal fiscal year 2024 budget. The new arthritis program is part of the Department […]
April 5, 2024
TOPLINE: After Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) face nearly double the risk for osteoarticular infections compared with those without RA, with similar mortality […]
April 4, 2024
Female bias in autoimmune disease can be profound, with nine females developing lupus for every male affected, and nearly twice that ratio seen in Sjögren disease. […]
April 3, 2024
Children with chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) who had multifocal disease at onset, symmetric bone lesions, or multiple affected body regions were more likely to need second-line […]
April 2, 2024
TOPLINE: The rates of screening for latent tuberculosis remain suboptimal among new users of biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs), with notable variations by […]