Rheumatology

A 17-year-old boy presented with a 3-day history of left upper quadrant abdominal pain; intermittent pain radiated to the right side. The patient complained of nonbilious vomiting and nausea and reported subjective fever. He also had a decreased appetite and up to 10 daily bouts of nonmucoid diarrhea.

In a Cleveland Clinic video, William Rigby, MD, of Dartmouth Medical School, discusses B-cell and T-cell-directed therapy for rheumatoid arthritis.

Clinical trial results show that vagus nerve stimulation may be a safe and effective treatment addition in patients with fibromylagia.

Nucynta® ER, an extended-release formulation of tapentadol, has received FDA aproval for the management of moderate to severe chronic pain. The oral analgesic, to be taken twice daily, is to be used for chronic pain in adults when a continuous, around-the-clock opioid analgesic is needed for an extended period.

Confidence in Physical Ability Helps Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Cope with Less Pain & Attain Physical Goals

Not enough people at risk of osteoporosis are getting DXA scans as recommended, because of changes in Medicare reimbursement. Meanwhile, it's being marketed to fitness enthusiasts as a way to assess body composition, even before it has been well validated for that purpose.

The prevalence of secondary osteoporosis in men is similar to that in women and is significantly lower than is often reported.

Several characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are significant determinants of heart failure (HF) in patients with RA beyond traditional cardiovascular risk factors and coronary heart disease (CHD).

Most pelvic pain in women who participate in sports activities can be identified and managed, even with the challenge of increasing numbers of women athletes and diagnostic possibilities.

In general, serum inflammatory markers are poorly associated with radiographic osteoarthritis (ROA) of the hands and knees. A few markers may warrant further investigation for some OA phenotypes.

Objectively assessed light and total physical activities are positively associated with kidney function in patients in the early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD); objectively or subjectively assessed moderate to vigorous physical activity is not associated significantly.

Self-reported arthritis is associated with significantly increased fracture risk in postmenopausal women who report osteoarthritis (OA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

At least among women in Kentucky (the ones polled in this study), cigarette smoking is strongly associated with chronic pain syndromes.

Gout Diet - There is no reason for individuals who either have gout or are at risk of developing gout to avoid soyfoods.

Arthritis patients taking methotrexate have a reduced antibody response compared with those taking other treatments, a study finds.

Osteoporosis often remains undiagnosed until the patient turns up with a fracture. German researchers have developed a medical history questionnaire that they say can accurately predict which patients have osteoporosis.

Roy Fleischmann, MD, discusses clinical aspects, outcomes, and measures regarding rheumatoid arthritis.

Use of pegloticase resulted in lower uric acid levels compared with placebo in patients with chronic gout.

Activity pacing may be the best way to help persons with osteoarthritis of the hip and knee achieve optimum levels of daily physical activity.

Recombinant uricases provide an exciting new therapeutic option for gout, but there are limited data for their use in the elderly.

Research on mice has found evidence of a genetic cause of rheumatoid arthritis and could open the door to development of a new line of drugs.

Those suffering from rheumatoid arthritis are at increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, a new study finds.

In the real world, no two fibromyalgia patients are the same. So why did the old diagnostic criteria treat them as if they were?

The latest in clinical news for the detection and treatment of gout.

The latest clinical research on the detection and treatment of gout.

FICO, a company that compiles credit scores, has launched a measure that tracks medication adherence. Some people wonder whether it will raise their healthcare costs.

AB Science has recruited its first patient in a phase 2b/3 study of its orally administered drug masitinib as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.

Primary care doctors with Group Health have worked with more than 6,000 patients to create care plans for controlling and monitoring opioid use for relief of chronic non-cancer pain. Their guidelines and training methods, aimed at reducing overdose deaths, are available to all online.

Antares Pharma, Inc. has announced positive results of an auto-injector that delivers a rapid subcutaneous injection of methotrexate.

Serum uric acid control in gout was poor among patients without chronic kidney disease (CKD) and even worse among those with CKD.