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In a study evaluating multimorbidity combinations in older adults seeking chronic care within the public primary care setting in Singapore, hyperlipidaemia (HLD) and hypertension (HTN) emerged as the most common co-occurring conditions.

In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receiving treatment, small bone erosions detected in high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT (HR-pQCT) remain stable over 8-year follow-up and are most likely not pathological, while large erosions show meaningful regression under early treat-to-target (T2T) approaches and are most likely to be RA-specific, researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have reported.

Male sex, elevated C-reactive protein (CRP), lower number of previous biologic/targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARD) used, and lower Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) score are all predictive of treatment response in European patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) treated with secukinumab, a study has shown.