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Statin Side Effects Are For Real The GAUSS-3 trial, recently published in JAMA, examined cholesterol-lowering interventions in patients with a high LDL (>120 mg/dl) and a history of statin… rheumnow.com AS…

Leflunomide Use and Risk of Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Literature Review and Metaanalysis of Randomized Controlled Trials m.jrheum.org Arava (Leflunomide) is a common first line DMARD used…

ORBIT Study Shows Rituximab and TNF inhibitor Equivalence The initial choice of biologic is crucial to long-term success. Yet there are few studies evaluating head-to-head differences in some of our…

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS AND AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL CARE OF PATIENTS WITH OBESITY – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Article Citation: W. Timothy Garvey, Jeffrey…

Running Barefoot May Protect Against Some Musculoskeletal Injuries Running barefoot may conjure images of summer and childhood, but since Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia set a world record running barefoot in…

Patient Reluctance to Take Bisphosphonates The NY Times reports that millions of Americans with osteoporosis are driven to stop or not take bisphosphonate therapies over the fear of exceedingly rare side……

Macrophage Polarization and Its Role in Inflammatory Disease SAN FRANCISCO—To unravel how out-of-control… www.the-rheumatologist.org|By Susan Bernstein Macrophage: the name means "Big Eater". Together with its cousins (monocytes, histiocytes, dendritic cells,…

An Update on Methotrexate What does the latest clinical research tell us about the optimal use of this powerful drug? www.medscape.com How does MTX really work in controlling rheumatic diseases?…

Does Folic Acid Reduce the Toxicity of Methotrexate? When used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, low-dose methotrexate may cause adverse effects related to folate antagonism and/or folate deficiency. www.medscape.com Folate supplementation…

Dealing with Risks & Dangers: Methotrexate and Rheumatoid Arthritis Common issues with methotrexate for RA About 90 percent of people with Rheumatoid Arthritis will take methotrexate at some point. The…