Rheumatology
CE/CME
Click for Credit: PPI use & dementia; Weight loss after gastroplasty; more
Topics include: Weight loss after gastroplasty • PT vs steroids for OA • Pregnancy-related death • PPI use & dementia • Biomarkers for CV...
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OA management guidelines forgo treatment hierarchy or order but emphasize severity, patient risk factors
ATLANTA – “For any individual patient, a single option may be chosen at a particular time point, perhaps with or without other options, and may be...
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Large population-based study underscores link between gout, CVD event risk
ATLANTA – The relationships between gout and fatal and nonfatal CVD events found in a large population-based health data linkage study in New...
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Methotrexate may affect joint erosions but not pain in patients with erosive hand OA
ATLANTA – The results were observed for 10 mg methotrexate per week at 3 months and 12 months.
News
Probiotics with Lactobacillus reduce loss in spine BMD for postmenopausal women
Twelve months of the probiotics treatment prevented bone mineral density loss in the lumbar spine when compared with placebo.
CE/CME
Click for Credit: Long-term antibiotics & stroke, CHD; Postvaccination seizures; more
Topics include: Poor response to statins • Postvaccination seizures • Hydroxychloroquine adherence in SLE • Long-term antibiotics & stroke,...
News
Severe hypoglycemia, poor glycemic control fuel fracture risk in older patients with type 2 diabetes
The association between severe hypoglycemia, poor glycemic control, and fracture risk seems to be stronger in men than in postmenopausal women.
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Don’t let knowledge gaps hold back fracture prevention efforts, experts say
ORLANDO – Experts recommend focusing on what is already known to prevent osteoporotic fractures to avoid inaction because of lack of knowledge in...
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Multiple zoledronic acid doses may be needed after stopping denosumab
ORLANDO – An ongoing, randomized study finds that after 1 year about one-third of patients with osteopenia have needed readministration of...
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Cannabinoids, stem cells lack evidence for osteoarthritis, expert says
The treatments may interest patients, but are unsupported by the literature.