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Advanced techniques allowed researchers to isolate T-cells involved in RA.

For gout patients with suboptimal responses to allopurinol, adding lesinurad may significantly reduce serum urate levels.

Biologics dose individualization should be used more often in clinical practice due to its direct benefit for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, researchers recommend.

There are few tests to accurately assess the degree and effects of lupus in children, but Ped-ANAM proves to be a promising option.

Lupus patients who receive healthcare at more than one location face a greater risk of infection and comorbidities, research shows.

When inflammatory arthritis develops in the context of Lyme disease, clinicians have three options, experts say.

Approximately one percent of the general population carries the auto-antibodies associated with rheumatoid arthritis, a new study shows.

A foot or ankle injury misdiagnosis can lead to chronic pain or arthritis.

A higher initial dose of methotrexate is not always associated with better clinical outcomes for newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis patients, a study shows.

Anti-inflammatory treatment in rheumatoid arthritis patients, especially with infliximab added to methotrexate, improves HDL function and may potentially reduce cardiovascular risk, a study shows.

RA patients with low disease activity in the first trimester of pregnancy, are likely to have low disease activity or reach remission by the third trimester.

Rheumatologists are likely to encounter a wide variety of immune-related adverse events as use of immune checkpoint inhibitors expands.

The association between periodontal disease and rheumatoid arthritis has been well established in studies, but now researchers describe a mechanism that could explain this association.

Over-the-counter treatment for joint pain commonly prescribed by physicians may increase intraocular pressure leading to glaucoma risk, new study suggests.

Patients with inflammatory arthritis are being treated for cardiovascular risk factors at rates similar to that of the general population, even though their risk is higher, study shows.

Clinical enthesitis is a common condition for some psoriatic arthritis patients who are disproportionately affected by inflammation, particularly of the Achilles tendon, plantar fascia and lateral epicondyle.

Analysis finds that those with RA have same mortality rate as those without.

Myocardial inflammation/fibrosis has been identified in a study of rheumatoid arthritis patients with no known history of heart disease.

Pre-surgical widespread body pain is associated with persistent pain in patients following total knee arthroplasty at 12 months post-surgery, researchers report.

Researchers have made an important discovery that may lead to new treatment for patients with bullous pemphigoid, a chronic autoimmune skin disease causing blisters.

Some biologics produce hypersensitivity reactions more than others, but for most, the events are low, researchers report.

Methotrexate is "dramatically" underutilized, prescribed at suboptimal levels, prescribed for too short of periods and is not administered correctly, researchers report.

Genetic risk factors for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis are uniquely different from other types of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, a study shows.

Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency may be more common than you think, particularly in patients with fractures, shows a new review.

Patients fail to report adverse drug reactions due to poor awareness, but when they do speak up, it’s to prevent others from suffering.

Study supports associations between crystal deposition disease, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis.

The MD Magazine editors rounded up the 10 best stories from December—did you read them all?

A rheumatoid arthritis patient seeks treatment for ankyloses, or fusion of the finger joints. The patient was successfully treated with silicone arthroplasty.

The FDA this week announced approval of Maci, “matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation.” The treatment is intended for cartilage defects of the knee, which can eventually lead to osteoarthritis.