Archive for June, 2007
Thursday, June 28th, 2007
This is the bone-and-joint decade, and it certainly could be considered the bone-and-joint imaging decade as well because there have been many advances and changes in imaging -- diagnostic and therapeutic imaging -- that are directly relevant to musculoskeletal. While there are exciting things going on in radiography, ultrasound, CT, ...
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Monday, June 18th, 2007
Older person with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) make up an increasing proportion of those treated with biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic agents (DMARDs). The safety of these agents may differ for this subgroup of older RA patients, yet effects have generally not been selectively studied in this population. Here, Schneeweis ...
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Sunday, June 17th, 2007
<p>The pain first started in my early childhood. My ankles and my wrists were so weak, they would collapse. In kindergarten, it was a common thing to have two older kids carry me into my class and tell the teacher "Jaenne fell again.&a...
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at an increased risk for lymphoma compared to the general population, with the risk increasing in proportion to cumulative exposure to systemic inflammation. Whether RA therapies, such as biologic and non-biologic DMARDs, contribute to this risk is controversial.
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