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Although patients with neuropsychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus can exhibit a diverse range of rare manifestations, these symptoms are not necessarily unique to lupus, according to a presenter here. I dont think I need to prove to anyone in this room that patients with lupus are diverse, Joan T. Merrill, MD, director of clinical projects in the Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, told attendees at the 2021 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West. Even when we are trying to focus on ...

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Having well controlled disease is the first and most important step to a safe pregnancy in patients with lupus, according to a presenter at the 2021 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West. Megan Clowse, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology at Duke University, urged rheumatologists to address reproductive issues at every visit with patients of reproductive age. When these issues are poorly addressed, it can lead to ambivalence. A lot of women want to get pregnant, but maybe think that they should not get pregnant, she said. This ...

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Because of pandemic-related disruptions in hepatitis C care, researchers said thousands of cases will remain unidentified with fewer patients initiating care and achieving SVR. The combination of lockdowns and stay in place orders, health care facilities pausing different clinical services and the need to divert resources to COVID-19 meant that trajectories for different diseases were altered. We saw this happen with services for HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis worldwide, Joshua A. Barocas, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, told ...

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While the 2021 American College of Rheumatology rheumatoid arthritis recommendations improved over the 2015 document, understanding the weaknesses and limitations of the most recent iteration can be beneficial, according to a presenter here. Roy M. Fleischmann, MD, clinical professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and in private practice at Rheumatology Associates in Dallas, Texas, acknowledged that there were positives to the most recent set of recommendations. One was that the whole format was changed to highlight commonly encountered clinical scenarios. It was ...

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Cities that adopt inclusionary zoning policies benefiting low-income households may improve the municipal-level CV health of their residents, according to research published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Researchers reported that individuals living in cities with inclusionary zoning policies had lower BP, lower cholesterol and less prevalent use of BP-lowering medications compared with cities without such policies. Inclusionary zoning programs are designed to combat income and wealth inequality that exists across all U.S. municipalities, Antwan Jones, PhD, ...

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