Rheumatology

A narrative review has found obesity pharmacotherapy relieves osteoarthritis pain, but evidence of structural joint modification has remained absent.

A South Korean cohort study of over 1.2 million adults found alcohol consumption was linked to a dose-dependent rise in osteoarthritis risk.

A US cohort study of 60,980 patients found that booster COVID-19 vaccines significantly lowered hospitalisation risk in rheumatic conditions.

A 10-year study of 177 axial spondyloarthritis patients found difficult-to-manage disease was rare but carried a high socio-economic burden.

A prospective cohort study of 248 adults with SLE linked low hydroxychloroquine blood levels and poor adherence to higher predicted cardiovascular risk.

A nationwide cohort of 25,568 siblings found sharply elevated, sex-specific cardiovascular and thromboembolic risk after diagnosis.

A cohort study of 133 patients has shown that the LAMDA score outperforms standard tools for assessing lupus arthritis in SLE trials.

A EUSTAR case-control study of 454 patients found antibody status, smoking and ILD shaped cancer risk in systemic sclerosis.