Systematic review found robotic-assisted total hip arthroplasty improved implant positioning precision without demonstrating better patient-reported outcomes or lower complication rates than conventional surgery.
Patients with gout who reached serum urate targets had modestly higher 5-year cardiovascular event-free survival, with associations strongest among high-risk patients
A large audit of biomedical publications suggests fabricated references are increasingly appearing in peer-reviewed papers — often in ways that are difficult for reviewers and readers to detect.
Meta-analysis favored tofacitinib for some rheumatoid arthritis outcomes, but high heterogeneity, dose-dependent effects, and JAK inhibitor safety concerns complicate interpretation.
Patients with chronic lung disease had numerically lower remission rates and substantially more serious adverse events in a 5-year Japanese registry study of late-onset rheumatoid arthritis.