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Whitney L. Jackson

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ACR 2016 Preview: Biosimilars On Par with Originators yet Patients Remain Skeptic

In this slideshow, we preview biosimilar studies due to be presented at the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting Nov. 11-16 in Washington, D.C.












Linda Peckel

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Stroke Survival Much Improved Since 2000

Death from acute stroke has dropped by as much as 55 percent, shows a population study published in BMJ.


Rheumatology Network Editorial Staff

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FDA Approves Device for Low Back Pain

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted pre-market approval to Mainstay Medical Holdings for the production of an implantable neurostimulator for chronic low back pain.






Andrew D. Bowser

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Take Five: A Psoriatic Arthritis Quiz

See if you can correctly answer these 5 questions that cover biomarkers, the CASPAR criteria, and more.






Emily Delzell

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Antiplatelet Therapy Resistance in Diabetes Due to Low Vitamin D

Severe vitamin D deficiency in people with diabetes treated with dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with high residual platelet reactivity in patients taking the adenosine-diphosphate (ADP) antagonists ticagrelor or prasugrel, according to an exploratory study epublished on June 7 by Vascular Pharmacology.


Miriam Tucker

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New Data Demonstrates Link Between Gout and Cardiovascular Disease

Monosodium urate (MSU) deposits detected by dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) are common in patients with gout and are associated with higher coronary calcium scores, researchers recently reported in JAMA Cardiology.


Katie Robinson

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Probiotics Protect Against Lumbar Spine Bone Loss in Early Menopause

Probiotic supplementation using a mix of three Lactobacillus strains naturally occurring in the human gut microbiota protects against lumbar spine bone loss in healthy, early postmenopausal women, say researchers recently writing in The Lancet Rheumatology.



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