LLDAS validated as a treat-to-target endpoint for SLE

Achieving lupus low disease activity state (LLDAS) for any period of time is associated with significant protection against subsequent disease flares and organ damage accrual in people with SLE, according to an Australian-led study. Researchers say the study is the...

Achieving lupus low disease activity state (LLDAS) for any period of time is associated with significant protection against subsequent disease...

Gout

New gout definition: restricted to clinically evident disease

The label ‘gout’ should be reserved only for patients with clinically evident disease according to a new consensus statement that has established the first internationally accepted definition for the condition. Led by Adelaide rheumatologist Dr David Bursill, the Gout, Hyperuricaemia...

The label ‘gout’ should be reserved only for patients with clinically evident disease according to a new consensus statement...

Rheumatoid arthritis

Haematological abnormalities linked to infection risk in RA patients

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of infections if anaemia or lymphopenia are present at diagnosis, according to a UK study. Pneumonia was also more common in people with RA and there was no evidence of a protective...

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of infections if anaemia or lymphopenia are present at diagnosis, according...

Budget

The $4 billion question: why have specialist copayments risen by 35%?

Academics are questioning why specialists have increased their consultation fees to make out of pocket healthcare expenses for patients rise by 35% in recent years, ahead of other healthcare costs and the cost of living index. Average out of pocket costs...

Academics are questioning why specialists have increased their consultation fees to make out of pocket healthcare expenses for patients rise...