For older adults with obesity, neither weighted vest use nor resistance training (RT) mitigates weight loss (WL)-associated bone loss at the hip.

For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI).

Obesity is associated with financial hardship and food insecurity, according to a research letter published online.

HealthDay News — Only black coffee and coffee with low added sugar and saturated fat are associated with lower mortality risk, according to a study published online May 12 in the Journal of Nutrition.

Platelet-rich plasma therapy provided significant, durable relief of chronic noncancer pain, outperforming both corticosteroid and hyaluronic acid injections.

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease may be twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than those without IBD.

A significant percentage of patients with SSc first present with non-RP symptoms — most commonly puffy fingers/hands — and are associated with more severe disease.

HealthDay News — Muscle ultrasound can detect insulin resistance and lower muscle mass, according to a study published online June 12 in the Journal of Ultrasound Medicine. Steven B. Soliman, D.O., ...

M. Frank Rachel, Author at Rheumatology AdvisorM. Frank Rachel ...

The use of rituximab (RTX) significantly diminishes the humoral immune response to the recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (RZV) among patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs), according to ...

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have high readmission rates during the 30 days following total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA), with infections and multisystem complications cited ...

Treatment with bimekizumab (BKZ), a monoclonal antibody targeting interleukin (IL)-17A and IL-17F, led to sustained improvements in joint and skin outcomes over 3-years among biologic-naïve patients ...