Rheumatology

In a new literature review, researchers aimed to better understand the connection between high daily intake of vitamin C and the development, prevention, and treatment of osteoporosis.

A new scoring system has been developed to assist in diagnosing and managing a common feature of psoriatic arthritis.

There has been scant study of outcomes related to surgery among patients with vertebral osteomyelitis, though the condition often causes chronic pain and functional limitations. Researchers investigated...

Authors of a new study sought to identify early predictors of disease activity at 18 months using clinical and biomarker profiling among patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved tofacitinib for the treatment of active polyarticular course juvenile idiopathic arthritis among pediatric patients aged 2 years or older.

Patients with psoriatic arthritis have longer duration of disease and take higher doses of glucocorticoids than patients with rheumatic arthritis. What does new research show about the relative bone mineral...

Researchers investigated whether neuromuscular electrical stimulation could help patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty regain muscle and strength more quickly after surgery.

The ACR and EULAR updated their criteria for classifying systemic lupus erythematosus in 2019. How did the newer criteria perform compared with earlier systems of classification? Read more to find out. ...

Researchers have hypothesized that rheumatoid arthritis may be active in some parts of the auditory system. A new study examined the evidence.

Researchers investigated whether rheumatoid arthritis might affect the risk of developing breast cancer among women, and vice versa. The results were surprising.