Background Self-management programs have been widely reported to help patients manage
symptoms and contain utilization of health care resources for several chronic conditions, …

Background Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) relieves pain and improves quality of life for persons
with advanced knee osteoarthritis. However, to our knowledge, the cost-effectiveness of …

Inflammation predicts risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, but the relation of drugs
that directly target inflammation with CVD risk is not established. Methotrexate is a disease-…

This study predicts the burden of incident osteoporosis‐related fractures and costs in the
United States, by sex, age group, race/ethnicity, and fracture type, from 2005 to 2025. Total …

Background— Rheumatoid arthritis may be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular
disease. We compared the incidence rates of myocardial infarction and stroke in subjects …

OBJECTIVES: To develop a simple method for identifying community‐dwelling vulnerable
older people, defined as persons age 65 and older at increased risk of death or functional …

Background Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advisory stating
that atypical antipsychotic medications increase mortality among elderly patients. However, …

We studied the appropriateness of use of coronary angiography, carotid endarterectomy, and
upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy and its relationship to geographic variations in the …

Background Inflammation is causally related to atherothrombosis. Treatment with canakinumab,
a monoclonal antibody that inhibits inflammation by neutralizing interleukin-1β, resulted …

In the ten years since the first edition appeared the renaissance in Free Radical Polymerization
has continued to gain momentum. In this second revised edition, the authors critically …