Web-Based Personalized Intervention May Reduce RA Risk (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Online education motivated lifestyle changes (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - October 23, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

Many RA Patients Do Not Get Timely DMARD Adjustment (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Less aggressive adjustment in those with moderate to high disease associated with specific factors (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - October 1, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

No Rise in Lymphoma Risk with Tofacitinib (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, rates were what is expected with immunomodulators (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - September 25, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

RA Outcomes with Tocilizumab Surpass Those of Adalimumab, Methotrexate (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Benefits reflected in both physical and mental scores (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - September 25, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

Birmingham Score Predicts CV Events, Death in ANCA Vasculitis (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- BVAS at presentation served as independent predictor (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - September 14, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

Biosimilars: Consensus Recommendations Issued (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Focus of international expert group is on cost, extrapolation, and switching (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - September 8, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

Risk of HBV Reactivation Low in DMARD Users (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- More common with chronic versus resolved infection (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - August 31, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

Shingles Vax Effective in RA Patients onJAK Inhibitor (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Study directly assessed safety, immunogenicity of live zoster vaccine (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - August 29, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Quadruples Death Risk (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Swedish study highlights need to monitor patients ' overall health closely (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - August 26, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

Lupus Survival Plateaus after Earlier Improvements (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Lag in middle/low-income countries, especially among children (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - August 20, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

An Ominous Sign: Monoarthritis of the Wrist (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Chance of developing chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease doubled (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - August 9, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

No Effect of Statin Use on SLE Risk (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Could even be protective (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - July 15, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

SLE Concordance in Twins Lower than Previously Reported (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Danish study shows only about one-quarter of co-twins with autoimmune similarity (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - July 8, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

Drug Eases Chronic Constipation in SSc (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Prucalopride produces more motility, fewer GI symptoms (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - June 30, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

Behavioral Intervention Cuts Sitting Time in RA Patients (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Improvements in pain and other outcomes also seen (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - June 13, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news