Rheumatology – Bones, Joints, Muscle and Autoimmunity

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Big pharma, big data: why drugmakers want your health records

Real world data can change how medicine is practiced as physicians and patients find a middle ground that balances escalating cost and efficacy.

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Drugmakers are racing to scoop up patient health records and strike deals with technology companies as big data analytics start to unlock a trove of information about how medicines perform in the real world. ... See more

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Uric acid and incident dementia over 12 years of follow-up: a population-based cohort study

High Serum Uric Acid and dementia linked especially in the elderly.

#stroke #dementia #uricacid

Objectives In patients with gout, maintaining too low serum uric acid (SUA) level with urate-lowering therapy is a concern because uric acid is thought to be neuroprotective. However, the relation ... See more

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Multitarget therapy of mycophenolate mofetil and cyclosporine A for induction treatment of refractory lupus nephritis. - PubMed - NCBI

MMF + CsA combination in refractory lupus nephritis is effective and well tolerated.

#SLE #lupus #lupusnephritis

Lupus. 2018 Jan 1:961203318758508. doi: 10.1177/0961203318758508. [Epub ahead of print]

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Arthritis and use of hydroxychloroquine associated with a decreased risk of macrophage activation syndrome among adult patients hospitalized with s... - PubMed - NCBI

Another reason to keep encouraging SLE patients to continue on hydroxychloroquine.

#SLE #Lupus

Lupus. 2018 Jan 1:961203318759428. doi: 10.1177/0961203318759428. [Epub ahead of print]

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Complement activation predicts adverse pregnancy outcome in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and/or antiphospholipid antibodies. - PubMed - NCBI

Measuring products of complement activation in SLE pregnant patients may predict adverse outcomes.

#SLE #Pregnancy #lupus #complement

Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Jan 25. pii: annrheumdis-2017-212224. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212224. [Epub ahead of print]

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