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Building Better Bones with Biologics — A New Approach to Osteoporosis? Editorial from The New England Journal of Medicine — Building Better Bones with Biologics — A New… nejm.org With…

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2016 Bisphosphonates, bone health and more: In this slideshow, we revisit some of the studies presented… rheumatologynetwork.com

Decision Support in Medicine: Behçet’s Syndrome 1. Does this patient have Behçet’s Syndrome?Behçet’s syndrome (BS) is a systemic inflammatory vasculitis characterized by recurrent oral aphthous… rheumatologynews.com|By Rheumatology News

Link Between Seronegative RA and Fibromyalgia The phenome-wide relationship studies (PheWAS) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients identifies a strong link between seronegativity and fibromyalgia, according… rheumatologynews.com|By Rheumatology News First there…

PMR Symptoms Follow Circadian Pattern Symptoms correlate with levels of inflammatory cytokines medpagetoday.com Cryptochromes Regulate Circadian Inflammation Circadian rhythms may be disrupted or become exaggerated in a variety of inflammatory…

Why Getting Back in Shape is So Hard Muscle memory doesn't last time.com Muscle apparently has no memory, but fat patently does. The laws of diminishing returns and entropy ensure…

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: pathogenic mechanisms of muscle weakness Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a heterogenous group of complex muscle diseases of unknown etiology. These diseases are characterized by… skeletalmusclejournal.biomedcentral.com The…

Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: Features and Outcomes In a new review of NAM cases, half were idiopathic and statins, cancer, and connective tissue disease were risk factors. Researchers recommend intravenous… medscape.com…

Inclusion Body Myositis Sporadic inclusion body myositis (s-IBM) and hereditary inclusion body myopathies (h-IBM)… emedicine.medscape.com

Polymyositis Polymyositis is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy that causes symmetrical, proximal muscle weakness; elevated skeletal muscle enzyme levels; and… emedicine.medscape.com Patients with Systemic Sclerosis/polymyositis Overlap Have a Worse Survival Rate…