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Study addresses outcomes of nonsevere ANCA-associated vasculitis relapses for first time
Key clinical point: ANCA-positive patients with severe disease who experience a nonsevere relapse after remission may require immunosuppressive...
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Physician Agreement to ‘Spread Out’ Childhood Vaccines Growing
Key clinical point: Most physicians are asked to spread out childhood vaccines, and more than a third agree to do so. Major finding: Results...
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Physician agreement to ‘spread out’ childhood vaccines growing
Key clinical point: Most physicians are asked to spread out childhood vaccines, and more than a third agree to do so. Major finding: Results...
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Study: Osteoarthritis develops sooner than thought after ACL injury, repair
Key clinical point: People who have undergone anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction following trauma may be susceptible to early OA sooner...
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Lung cancer screening criteria may need changes
Key clinical point: Changes in smoking habits may call for a revision of USPSTF lung cancer screening criteria. Main finding: Between 2005 and...
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Smoking impairs biologic response in axial spondyloarthritis
Key clinical point: Current smoking impairs treatment response to anti-TNFs in patients with axial spondyloarthritis who had elevated C-reactive...
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Consider Chikungunya virus in new-onset polyarthritis
Key clinical point: The mosquito-spread Chikungunya virus mimics seronegative rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatologists should consider this diagnosis...
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Unnecessary stress tests in ED leading to overdiagnosis
Key clinical point: Guidelines for treatment of chest pain in low-risk patients in the emergency department may need revision, as noninvasive...
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Antibody hallmark for lupus challenged by study
Key clinical point: Various anti-dsDNA antibodies have different effects on the classification of SLE, challenging the biomarkers role as a...
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Early psoriatic arthritis treatment with etanercept gives better outcomes
Key clinical point: PsA treatment with etanercept within 2 years of diagnosis may lead to better patient-reported quality of life outcomes than...
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RA clinical remission possible with half etanercept dose
Key clinical point: Half dose etanercept halts radiographic damage in RA as effectively as standard dose. Major finding: A large majority (81.8%)...
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Microbiota Organization Influences Colorectal Cancers
Key clinical point: The organization of the mucosa-associated microbial community is an important factor in CRC pathogenesis, particularly in the...
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Microbiota organization influences colorectal cancers
Key clinical point: The organization of the mucosa-associated microbial community is an important factor in CRC pathogenesis, particularly in the...