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FDA approves denosumab for giant cell tumors

Denosumab is approved for the treatment of giant cell tumors of the bone,the Food and Drug Administration announced June 13.

Rare and usually noncancerous,giant cell tumors of the bone generally…

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Hand OA linked to increased heart disease risk

Symptomatic hand osteoarthritis is associated with a significant increase in the risk of coronary heart disease events,although the association was not significant for asymptomatic hand…

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Abatacept,adalimumab equivalent for RA in 2-year head-to-head trial

MADRID – A 2-year head-to-head comparison of abatacept and adalimumab in rheumatoid arthritis patients who were on background methotrexate has found equal improvement with both biologics,according…

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Treatment of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis:it is only the beginning

Irene E van der Horst-BruinsmaJun 1,2013;72:789-790Editorials Ann. Rheum. Dis.:Most-Read Full-Text Articles

Adalimumab can serve as first- and second-line biologic in JIA

Adalimumab is safe and effective as both a first- and second-line biologic agent in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis,according to data presented by Dr. Gerd Horneff.

Dr. Horneff from…

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Doppler ultrasound detected synovitis in clinically inactive JIA

Ultrasonography with power Doppler may be more sensitive than a clinical examination in detecting synovitis among patients with inactive juvenile idiopathic arthritis,according to the results of a…

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MRI detects high level of subclinical small joint inflammation

MADRID – A high percentage of patients with early arthritis have inflammation of the small joints that can be detected with MRI but not by physical examination.

Results of a cross-sectional study,…

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Proposed ACR-EULAR scleroderma classification criteria ‘more inclusive’

MADRID – New classification criteria for scleroderma presented at the annual European Congress of Rheumatology correctly identify more patients who could potentially be included in epidemiological…

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MRI score of joint narrowing has research promise

A magnetic resonance imaging scoring system of joint-space narrowing in rheumatoid arthritis showed "a very high"agreement with computed tomography scores and may become a useful tool in…

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Now tell me where ELSE it hurts…

When it comes to managing chronic pain,have physicians been looking in the wrong places? Physical findings in …

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