Author | Patrick Campbell

“Kawasaki disease continues to be an area of evolving understanding in clinical treatment,” said Mark Gorelik, MD, lead investigator of the guideline.

The AHA released a statement related to use of oral penicillin for patients with high-risk rheumatic heart disease, including patients with severe mitral stenosis, aortic stenosis, left ventricular systolic dysfunction, or active symptoms of rheumatic heart disease.

While statin initiation was associated with reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, it may increase in the risk of developing diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Analysis indicates women with thinning or weakened bones were at an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events.

An analysis of medical data from a major database in Taiwan suggests an inadequate response to DMARD therapy among patients with rheumatoid arthritis was associated with increased risk of acute coronary syndrome.

In this interview, Jeffrey Curtis, M.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, addresses osteoporosis in men. It's more common than physicians may realize. "It is often misconstrued as a disease that mainly, if not only, effects Caucasian women, which is not the case,” he said.