Tag: Inflammation
Serum IL-35 Levels Tied to Bone Loss With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Low BMD, high bone metabolism, low vitamin D also seen in postmenopausal rheumatoid arthritis patients
Patients With Rheumatic Disease Often Have Trouble Accessing Care
Access issues include getting specialty appointments and affording treatment
Giant Cell Arteritis Occurs at Similar Rate in Blacks, Whites
Biopsy-proven GCA occurs more often in women versus men, but not in white versus black patients
Guidelines Issued for Managing Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Two-part guideline addresses diagnosis, evaluation, management of the chronic inflammatory skin disease
Biologic Tx for Psoriasis May Reduce Coronary Inflammation
Findings indicated by perivascular fat attenuation index, as measured by coronary CT angiography
Oral Steroids Increase Infection Risk in Inflammatory Disease
Dose-response effect seen with increased infection risk even at low daily doses of oral glucocorticoids
AAN: Eculizumab Reduces Risk for Relapse in Neuromyelitis Optica
But no significant between-group difference noted in measures of disability progression
Guidelines Address Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Management
Recommendations apply to uveitis in JIA, JIA manifesting as nonsystematic polyarthritis, sacroiliitis, enthesitis
Midlife Systemic Inflammation Linked to Later Cognitive Decline
Individuals with a midlife inflammation composite score in top quartile had 7.8 percent steeper decline
Study Reveals High Rate of Phlebitis Caused by IV Cannulas
Rates of other complications similar to those in previously published reports
