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Neurologic Findings Are Common in Fibromyalgia Patients
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Neurologic signs are common in fibromyalgia patients and support the possibility that their symptoms have a neuroanatomical cause, according to an article in the September issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism. Reuters Health Information
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Better Cancer Screening Needed Before TNF Blockade
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In randomized controlled trials involving anti-TNF-alpha treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis, occult cancers are frequently missed before treatment begins, Italian researchers report in the June 15th issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism. Reuters Health Information
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No Added Value of MRI in RA Risk Stratification
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Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to help determine whether newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients will benefit from aggressive treatment is no more cost effective than standard risk stratification techniques, new research shows. Reuters Health Information
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Vitamin C May Prevent Hyperuricemia, Gout
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Recent findings published in the September issue of the Journal of Rheumatology indicate an inverse association between vitamin C intake and serum uric acid concentration in men. Reuters Health Information
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