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Notably, people with fewer vaccine doses were more likely to experience post-acute sequelae of COVID-19.

This clinical quiz, our third in a series of 4, focuses on recommendations for lifestyle and comorbidity management from the 2020 ACR guidelines.

There were no differences in risk between patients with RA or PsA using or not using methotrexate.

Hs-cTnT was found to be associated with a higher risk of MACE and all-cause mortality in a 10-year cohort study.

Substitutors also reported fewer adverse events and greater social acceptance with MC.

In general, current drinkers had a higher risk than never drinkers among men but not women.

There may be a relationship between the inflammatory processes of fibromyalgia and celiac disease.

A new study finds visceral adipose tissue and subcutaneous adipose tissue are linked to chronic musculoskeletal pain in both sexes but have a stronger association in females.

Although only 9 patients with FM and nasal septum deviation were included in the study, none met the criteria for fibromyalgia after surgery.

Fragility fractures occur every minute in France, totaling 500,000 annually. A report calls for expanding fracture liaison services to address the growing osteoporosis burden.

Patients with high RF concentration treated with CZP were more likely to achieve DAS28-CRP low disease activity at week 104 than those treated with adalimumab.

Investigators analyzed levels of CXCL10, MMP3, S100A8, ACP5, and CCL2 in patients treated with biologics and methotrexate.

The MTX + HCQ group had a higher, but not statistically significant, incidence rate of TEAEs than the monotherapy group.

The rheumatology month in review emphasize's bimekizumab's efficacy in treating PsA and new risk factors and mitigators for developing gout or hyperuricemia.

Investigators noted that a formal independent validation cohort needs to be developed in order to realize the full potential of the human model.

Investigators identified 6 themes during semistructed interviews that contributed to and described the experience of people with gout.

Researchers identified 2 genes associated with increased risk and 3 associated with decreased risk.

This clinical quiz, our second in a series of 4, focuses on recommendations for management of gout flares from the 2020 ACR guidelines.

Those with limited health literacy had higher disease activity and more SLE damage.

Dialysis efficiency was similar between the ULT group and the no ULT group.

Lengths of stay, total cost, and hospital mortality rates were similar between patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis.

Investigators found that 107 metabolites were associated with the incidence of hospitalized gout.

This clinical quiz tests your knowledge of recommendations related to the initiation and titration of urate-lowering therapy from the 2020 ACR guidelines for gout management.

Investigators also found that bDMARDs were used more often by patients with early-onset rheumatoid arthritis than by patients with late-onset.

A new study suggests circulating uric acid may be a pro-aging factor in older adults, potentially causing more harm than benefits.

Molybdenum’s antioxidative properties may help reduce systemic inflammation, ROS, and uric acid levels.

Productivity improved in patients with IA after starting treatment.

Other recent research found that having osteoarthritis increased the risk of developing carpal tunnel syndrome.

Higher risk associations also included being a current smoker and socioeconomic deprivation.