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BSR

British Society for Rheumatology

Biosimilar Switch Succeeds in Single Center

Disease activity scores improved significantly after the change in rheumatoid arthritis patients

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Mortality Risks Shift in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

Main causes evolve from active vasculitis initially to wide range of complications

May 3, 2018
4-Year Data in PsA Reassuring for Apremilast

Benefits persist for joints and skin

May 2, 2018
Adalimumab Clears Nail Disease in Psoriatic Arthritis

Nail involvement often overlooked

May 2, 2018
Troponin Predicts Mortality in Inflammatory Arthritis

High levels associated with all-cause and cardiovascular death

May 1, 2018
Gout Admissions Escalate in the U.K.

A 59% increase since 2006, while rheumatoid arthritis hospitalizations halved

May 1, 2018
Blindness Still a Worry in GCA

Patients with prevalent vascular disease have particularly high risk

April 27, 2016
Mortality High in Systemic Juvenile Arthritis

Death rates are highest among girls -- up to 50-fold greater than in the general population.

May 1, 2015
Rituxan in Lupus: Responses Vary

Almost 60% improved at 3 months, yet 20% worsened at 6 months.

April 30, 2015
MRI Helps ID Heart Risk in Scleroderma

LIVERPOOL -- Cardiac MRI could help provide diagnostic information about potential arrhythmogenic events among patients with scleroderma being considered for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, a researcher said here.

May 6, 2014
RA Patients Living a Decade Longer

LIVERPOOL -- Life expectancy among patients with rheumatoid arthritis has increased dramatically over the past 25 years, a researcher reported here.

May 5, 2014
Sjogren's Carries Heavy Disease Burden

BIRMINGHAM, England -- Patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome are prone to develop serious complications over the long term, despite the presumption that this is a relatively benign autoimmune disease, a 25-year review found.

April 26, 2013