People who are treated with TNF-α inhibitors for their autoimmune disease such as Crohn's disease or rheumatoid arthritis lose their vaccination protection significantly earlier than average. The mechanism underlying the ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Two drugs commonly used to treat inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis did not shorten recovery time for patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 but did reduce the likelihood of death when compared ...
Jul 10, 2023
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Just a year after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first treatment for severe alopecia areata, the federal agency has approved a second treatment for the disfiguring skin disease—both the result ...
Jun 27, 2023
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For the first time, an intervention has emerged that seems competent in slowing down osteoarthritis (OA) progression. In a clinical study from SLU and University of Gothenburg, OA horses treated with a novel drug combination ...
Jun 27, 2023
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Hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program, a large federal safety-net program, are financially incentivized to prescribe original biologic drugs to prevent and treat diseases in lieu of cheaper generic-like ...
Jun 21, 2023
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Brepocitinib is an oral drug that inhibits certain enzymes involved in inflammation—called tyrosine kinase 2 and Janus kinase 1—and is being tested for the treatment of several immunological diseases. A phase IIb randomized ...
May 17, 2023
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A vagus nerve stimulation device, approved by the Food and Drug Administration, is being used in rehabilitation to help patients recovering from an ischemic stroke. If a patient is having trouble using their hand or arm after ...
May 3, 2023
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Heard of gonorrhea? Most likely. What about gonococcal arthritis? Maybe not.
Apr 25, 2023
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There are more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions, and they affect at least 54 million adults and 300,000 children in the United States, according to the Arthritis Foundation.
Apr 20, 2023
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Researchers from Johns Hopkins University published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines how receiving negative medical results might affect how people choose between generic and brand name drugs.
Apr 19, 2023
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