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Ixekizumab is efficacious in patients with psoriatic arthritis for up to 1 year, with or without concomitant methotrexate use, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.“Ixekizumab has been demonstrated to improve the signs and symptoms of PsA in patients who were biologic-naive (SPIRIT-P1) or had previous inadequate response or intolerance with TNF inhibitors
The FDA has issued a safety communication to inform health care providers and the public that pulse oximeters have limitations and a risk for inaccuracy under certain circumstances.The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an increase in the use of pulse oximeters. A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine suggested that the devices may be less accurate in people with dark skin
Cardiology Today | Novel healing-targeted drug-eluting stent (HT-DES; BuMA Supreme, Sinomed) vs. durable polymer everolimus-eluting stents for PCI.
A text messaging program showed more than half of opioids prescribed to patients went unused after orthopedic surgery, according to published results.Using an automated, HIPAA-secure text messaging platform, Anish K. Agarwal, MD, MPH, and colleagues sent messages to 2,444 patients who underwent orthopedic surgery from September 2018 to January 2020 and had received a prescription for an acute
The humidity created inside face masks may offer additional protection against COVID-19, according to NIH researchers. “We show that face masks strongly increase the effective humidity of inhaled air, thereby promoting hydration of the respiratory epithelium which is known to be beneficial to the immune system,” NIH investigators Joseph M. Courtney, PhD, and Adriaan Bax, PhD, wrote in