Jeff Evans

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Cognitive impairment predicts worsening multiple sclerosis

Author:: Jeff Evans

Publish date: August 16, 2016

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Abatacept fails to provide benefit in relapsing-remitting MS

Author:: Jeff Evans

Publish date: August 2, 2016

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Abatacept autoinjector approved to treat rheumatoid arthritis

Author:: Jeff Evans

Publish date: July 22, 2016

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Focused-ultrasound device approved to treat essential tremor

Author:: Jeff Evans

Publish date: July 11, 2016

The FDA approved a device that treats essential tremor using transcranial focused ultrasound to destroy MRI-identified pathologic areas of the thalamu...

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VIDEO: TNF inhibitors improved refractory skin disease in juvenile dermatomyositis

Author:: Jeff Evans

Publish date: June 27, 2016

Key clinical point: TNF inhibitor treatment in patients with juvenile dermatomyositis may be beneficial for skin involvement that is refractory to...

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VIDEO: No major malformations ascribed to bisphosphonate use in pregnancy

Author:: Jeff Evans

Publish date: June 23, 2016

Key clinical point: One of the largest controlled studies on pregnancy outcomes following bisphosphonate use found no increase in major malformati...

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VIDEO: Romosozumab bested teriparatide in hip BMD transitioning from bisphosphonates

Author:: Jeff Evans

Publish date: June 16, 2016

Key clinical point: Romosozumab raised total hip BMD to a significantly greater extent than did teriparatide after 12 months in postmenopausal wom...

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Methotrexate in RA: Too low, too short, too few subcutaneous doses?

Author:: Jeff Evans

Publish date: June 7, 2016

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Methotrexate’s role as the mainstay drug of choice to treat rheumatoid arthritis has never been challenged, but questions persist as...

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After Inflectra’s approval, challenges remain for biosimilars

Author:: Jeff Evans

Publish date: April 26, 2016

Now that the FDA has approved Inflectra as the first biosimilar version of Remicade, rheumatologists and patient advocacy groups are taking stock of h...

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Endovascular thrombectomy procedure volume for stroke may not affect outcomes

Author:: Jeff Evans

Publish date: April 21, 2016

Patient outcomes after endovascular mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke do not appear to be worse at low- versus high-volume hospitals.

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Women With Epilepsy Conceive at Normal Rate

Author:: Jeff Evans

Publish date: April 19, 2016

Key clinical point: Women with epilepsy do not have lower ability to conceive. Major finding: 70% of women with epilepsy and 67% of healthy contro...

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Women with epilepsy conceive at normal rate

Author:: Jeff Evans

Publish date: April 19, 2016

VANCOUVER – Women with epilepsy have fertility rates comparable with healthy women in the general population, according to results from the first pros...