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Obesity is diverticula risk factor in women, not men
Obesity is associated with diverticula in women, not men, and a low-fiber diet is not a risk factor.
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SCCA2: Potential biomarker for psoriasis severity and treatment efficacy
Serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen 2 was significantly higher in both skin and serum of patients with psoriasis, compared with healthy...
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Average person with atopic dermatitis has no increased risk of actinic keratosis or nonmelanoma skin cancer
People with atopic dermatitis do not appear to be at greater risk for actinic keratosis or basal cell and squamous cell cancer.
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Early-wheezing patterns prefigure adolescent respiratory outcomes and asthma
Wheezing patterns in early childhood can predict pulmonary function and the development of asthma in adolescence in a high-risk population.
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Early-wheezing Patterns Prefigure Adolescent Respiratory Outcomes and Asthma
Key clinical point: Persistent early-life wheezing was associated with an 12-fold increased risk of diagnosed asthma by age 15 years. Major...
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ACR: Infection risk with DMARDs doesn’t change with age of RA onset
Key clinical point: Patients with older onset RA can be safely treated with biologics. Major finding: There was no significant difference in...
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Targeting IL-6 effective in RA poor responders to anti-TNF inhibitors
Sarilumab was superior to placebo on all measures of disease activity and disability in very sick RA patients.
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Baricitinib shows encouraging phase III results in RA
In the latest of a series of studies, baricitinib was more effective than placebo, and in most cases, than adalimumab, in achieving rapid...
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Multibiomarker blood test could aid treatment decisions in RA
A blood test identifies patients who can benefit from conventional DMARD therapy vs. biologics.
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Tocilizumab effective in giant cell arteritis
A small study suggests that targeting IL-6 with tocilizumab is an effective strategy for giant cell arteritis.
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Denosumab better at building bone than zoledronic acid
Denosumab appears to be preferable to zoledronic acid when transitioning from oral bisphosphonates in previously treated postmenopausal women.
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ACR: Video capsule endoscopy finds Crohn’s disease best in spondyloarthropathy patients
In a prospective study of patients with spondyloarthropathies, video capsule endoscopy was a better tool than was ileocolonoscopy for identifying...
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ACR: Ozone injections reduce pain and improve function in knee OA
The first randomized trial to compare ozone injections in knee osteoarthritis has promising results.
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ACR: Mortality gap narrows between RA patients and general population
Two separate studies found that mortality is lower in patients with rheumatoid arthritis than it was before 2000 and that cardiovascular mortality...