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Patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) have a lower prevalence of diabetes mellitus as well as median fasting blood glucose (FBG) and body mass index (BMI) up to 5 years prior to diagnosis, according to a study, indicating the influence of metabolic factors on the risk of GCA.

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) that requires musculoskeletal (MSK) surgery affects more than one in 10 patients (11.8 percent), reveals a study, adding that markers of cumulative disease activity and damage are associated with a greater need for a surgical procedure.

Laser acupuncture, when combined with supplementation with calcium and fluoride-containing vitamin D, appears to increase forearm bone mineral density and reduce wrist pain in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial.

For patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a history of cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal disease, or liver disease, as well as prior use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can contribute to an increased risk of relapse after methotrexate dose reduction, as suggested in a study.

Telecarers are beneficial in the monitoring of older hip fracture patients who are undergoing osteoporosis treatment, suggests a Singapore study. However, patient or family rejection and physician failure to prescribe persist as limitations of treatment.

Treatment with low-dose naltrexone does not appear to reduce nociceptive pain among patients with arthritis, as reported in a small pilot study.