Rheumatology
Link Between Inflammatory Disease, Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Varies
Patients with IMIDs had increased risk for PTB, LBW, SGA, C-section overall, but variation seen by disease, comorbidities
Price of Prescription Drugs Almost Threefold Higher in the United States
U.S. prices for brand-name originator drugs 422 percent higher; price of unbranded generics 67 percent of comparison countries
GERD Can Induce Occurrence of Rheumatoid Arthritis, but Not Vice Versa
Bidirectional Mendelian randomization analysis showed 69 percent increased risk for RA occurrence for GERD patients
Risk for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Increased for Patients With Gout
Hazard ratio for BPH was higher for patients aged younger than 60 years versus those aged 60 years and older
Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 Risk Varies Across Immunosuppressive Conditions
Severely immunocompromised individuals had greater SARS-CoV-2 evolution, higher risk for developing resistance against therapeutic mAbs
Ten Variants Suggest Link to Surgical, Nonsurgical Rhizarthrosis
Seven variants suggest association with surgical rhizarthrosis; all 10 variants differed significantly between treatment groups
Men With Inflammatory Joint Diseases Seem to Have More Children
Men with IJDs have higher number of children and are less likely to be childless than controls without IJDs
Older Adults Average 20.7 Total Health Care Contact Days a Year
Factors linked to more ambulatory contact days include younger age, female sex, White race, non-Hispanic ethnicity
Bidirectional Link ID’d for Autoimmune Disease, Perinatal Depression
Bidirectional association more pronounced among women without psychiatric comorbidities, strongest for multiple sclerosis
Inflammation, Poverty Have Synergistic Effect on Mortality
Individuals with elevated C-reactive protein at 1.0 mg/dL and poverty had a greater risk for 15-year all-cause mortality
