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Attack on CommonSpirit Health, the fourth-largest U.S. health system, led to delays in surgeries, patient care, and appointments

Results of phase 2 study suggest clinical benefit and favorable safety profile, warranting further study of lenabasum for DM

Increase in telemedicine use seen with age; use was higher for women than men and for non-Hispanic White and AI/AN adults

Physicians with disabilities reported physical and sexual mistreatment from both coworkers and patients

Most prevalent conditions in GPP were hypertension, psoriatic arthritis, type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia

Active disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients associated with higher values for inflammatory indices, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio

Review revealed prevalence declining in more recent years, but remains high

Black, Hispanic students also have lower publication rates, particularly at non-top 40 schools

Estimated change from baseline in the PHQ-9 score increased with increasing work hours

Increases seen for all race and ethnic groups, with slight increase in disparities between groups

Small study suggests green light therapy might reduce anxiety in patients with fibromyalgia who are taking opioids for chronic pain

Proportion of caregivers reporting disabilities was higher for those with versus without arthritis

Increase especially pronounced for Black adults and adults with lower educational attainment

20.3 percent drop seen in new diagnoses in year commencing April 2020; median time to first rheumatology assessment decreased

Physicians' perceptions of occupational stress at individual level were shaped by stressors within and across four levels

Article describes inadequate oversight relating to development of COVID-19 vaccines and predating the pandemic

Both weight-based and non-weight-based low-dose HCQ associated with increased hospitalizations for SLE

Authors say immune response similar for patients holding methotrexate for one week or two weeks

Red flags include pharmacies that do not require a doctor's prescription or have a licensed pharmacist to answer questions

Exposure-adjusted incidence rates of serious adverse events 8.5 versus 11.2 per 100 patient-years for anifrolumab versus placebo

However, opioids and NSAIDs carry similar cardiovascular, mortality risks for RA patients

Improvements seen in pain scores for patients receiving genicular nerve block at two, four, eight, and 12 weeks

Among young male adults, those with MetS at three health checkups had nearly fourfold increased risk for incident gout

However, total adverse events occur more often in patients receiving antidepressants versus placebo

Monthly treatment costs of biosimilars were higher in the United States than corresponding costs in Germany, Switzerland

Markedly elevated risk seen for ACPA-positive RA with exposure to any occupational inhalable agents, smoking, high genetic risk score

ACR Convergence 2022

Significant reduction in disease activity seen for patients receiving TNFi or triple therapy, with no difference between them

Sample sizes, primary end points, interpretations mainly concordant for studies published on medRxiv, then in journals

COVID-19 will remain the third-largest killer for 2022, behind heart disease and cancer, even with the reduced numbers

Authors say systematic inflammation likely contributes to increased incidence of PAD in this population

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