End-stage renal disease risk in lupus nephritis remains unchanged of late
The world health community has lost ground in its fight to reduce end-stage renal disease in patients with lupus nephritis, a systematic review and meta-analysis concluded.
The risk of end-stage... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - February 6, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Wearable device offers home-based knee OA pain relief
A wearable pulsed electromagnetic fields device reduced pain intensity and improved physical functioning in patients with painful knee osteoarthritis (OA) in a double-blind, randomized trial.
The... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - February 5, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
FDA announces new plan to combat opioid abuse
Food and Drug Administration officials are calling for a sweeping overhaul of the agency’s approach to opioid medications, including renewed efforts to improve how opioids are approved, labeled, and... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - February 5, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Simple SpA screening tool works in U.S. population
People under the age of 45 with chronic back pain for more than 3 months can be reliably identified as having axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) if they have one or more of three SpA disease features,... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - February 5, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
More than 90% of Americans have health insurance, HHS reports
About 12.7 million people have either selected plans or were automatically reenrolled through the federal or state-based individual insurance marketplaces during the open enrollment period for the... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - February 4, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Potential etanercept response biomarker identified
Researchers have identified DNA methylation as a potential biomarker of response to etanercept in an epigenome-wide association study of a longitudinal cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - February 4, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Doctors to APM committee: Remember specialists
Physicians are calling on a new federal advisory committee to be sure to include specialists in the coming value-based alternative payment models.
Created by the Medicare Access and CHIP... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - February 2, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Rituxan led Medicare part B drug spending in 2014
In 2014, Medicare part B drug spending was led by the $1.5 billion cost of Rituxan (rituximab), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported.
That made Rituxan – approved to treat... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - February 1, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Axis I psychiatric disorders high in skin-restricted lupus patients
The prevalence of psychiatric disorders is high among people with skin-restricted lupus (SRL), compared with the general population, yet most do not receive specialist mental health care or... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - January 31, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
CMS proposal would allow sharing, selling of claims data
Physicians may soon be able to purchase reports that combine their Medicare and private payer claims data, according to the details of a new government proposal.
The <a... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - January 29, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Reaction: Poor methodology mars malpractice study
Physicians and insurers are taking exception to a medical malpractice study published Jan. 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - January 29, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
VIDEO: Ken Gordon’s pro tips on using biologics in psoriasis
GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND – When considering the use of biologic therapy for psoriasis patients who are at greater risk of cancer or of serious infection, <a... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - January 28, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Physicians’ odds of beating addiction higher
Physicians appear to have much greater odds of substance abuse and dependence disorders related to alcohol, opiates, and sedatives than their nonphysician counterparts, some estimates showed.
The... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - January 28, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Study: Pay one malpractice claim, expect second
If you pay a medical malpractice claim once, chances are you’ll pay a second claim in the future, according to a study published Jan. 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine (<a... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - January 27, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
DEA’s rescheduling of hydrocodone tied to declines in prescribing
Prescriptions for hydrocodone analgesics abruptly and markedly declined after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reclassified them from schedule III... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - January 25, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
