From MedPage Today:
- Ankylosing Spondylitis: More Than Just the Spine. Extra-articular disease manifestations that can have substantial impact on quality of life are common among patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
- Does Flu Vaccine Reduce Kids’ ED Visits? The CDC recently announced it expects a more severe flu season this year, but a study in the January issue of Pediatrics was unable to find a correlation between influenza vaccination rates for children under 5 years old and a decline in children hospitalized for influenza-related illness.
- Benefits Pile Up for Epilepsy Surgery. For most patients with drug-refractory epilepsy who are eligible for surgical treatment, their outcomes end up better than continuing on medical therapy in most cases.
- Family Hx Still Independent Risk Factor for RA. The familial risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) cannot be explained fully by established genetic and environmental RA risk factors, so family history remains an independent risk factor for RA.
