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Big data breaks down Sjögren’s syndrome
severity of Sjögren’s syndrome and its organ involvement has direct links to clinical characteristics that include age, gender, ethnicity, and geographical location, according to new research findings from a large, worldwide database of primary Sjögren’s syndrome patients.Risk factors for more severe disease ......(full story)
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Half of SLE patients have incident neuropsychiatric events
events occurred in just over half of all patients recently diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus and followed for an average of nearly 8 years in an international study of more than 1,800 patients.Up to 30% of these neuropsychiatric (NP) events in up ......(full story)
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APPRENTICE registry: Wide variation exists in acute pancreatitis treatment, outcomes
demographics, management, and outcomes vary widely among patients with acute pancreatitis around the world, according to an analysis of data from the prospective, international APPRENTICE patient registry.In some cases – particularly in regard to therapeutic interventions – the differences are “strikingly divergent” ......(full story)
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Gout rates reduced with SGLT2 inhibitors
incidence of gout was approximately 40% lower in diabetes patients who were prescribed sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2) than it was in those who were prescribed glucagonlike peptide–1 receptor (GLP-1) agonists in a population-based new-user cohort study.Hyperuricemia is a known cause of ......(full story)
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Hip fracture patients with dementia benefit from increased rehab intensity
patients undergoing hip fracture surgery had higher functional status with more intensive postsurgery rehabilitation, according to a recent Japanese study in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.[[{\"fid\":\"235651\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":false,\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"Ingram Pub.l\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][format]\":\"filtered_html\"},\"type\":\"media\",\"field_deltas\":{\"1\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":false,\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"Ingram Pub.l\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][format]\":\"filtered_html\"}},\"attributes\":{\"class\":\"media-element file-medstat-image-flush-right\",\"data-delta\":\"1\"}}]]Looking at 43,506 patients cared for at 1,053 hospitals, Kazuaki Uda, MPH, ......(full story)
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