Sheila Jacobs

Cortical bidirectional axial transmission measurements may be useful for fracture risk assessment in postmenopausal women.

Patients with plaque psoriasis have a reduced health-related quality of life, mainly in terms of emotional aspects.

Hypertension and diabetes are especially prevalent comorbidities in obese patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The presence of primary hypertension does not appear to have an effect on the prognosis of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

A study was conducted to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of methyl estradiolpropanoate, a topical soft estrogen cosmeceutical for the treatment of estrogen-deficient skin.

The odds of developing COPD were considerably higher in both men and women with class III obesity compared with normal weight individuals.

Risk for type 2 diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and peripheral vascular disease was elevated among patients with psoriatic arthritis compared with the general population.

Investigators sought to determine whether patients with moderate to advanced Parkinson disease have impaired glucose levels during an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test.

Rates of incident clinical vertebral fracture, incident nonvertebral fracture, hip fracture, and clinical fractures decreased 6 months after initiation of teriparatide.

Genetic testing may identify individuals with an increased risk for osteoporosis and bone fracture.

Investigators examine the association between various skin conditions and metabolic syndrome.

Finnish investigators evaluated the link between diabetes medications other than
DPP-4 inhibitors and the risk for BP.

High levels of serotonin are predictive of an increased risk for hip fracture, nonvertebral osteoporotic fracture, and incident fractures in older men.

Men with accelerated bone loss have lower estimated bone strength, poorer trabecular microarchitecture, and thinner cortices compared with men without accelerated bone loss.

Medical nutrition therapy may be a practical treatment option for patients with acne, based on the diet-induced endocrine effects on acne-promoting pathways described in this study.

Severe obesity is associated with more rapid progression of disability in rheumatoid arthritis.

Baseline obesity is associated with an increased risk for late-life mobility limitations in women undergoing joint replacement for OA.

Researchers investigated whether patients with SLE receive lipid testing and statin prescriptions comparably with patients with diabetes.

Recognizing the increased need for antibiotic stewardship, the researchers consider HAAT to be a useful alternative to systemic antibiotic therapy that is effective and well tolerated among women with inflammatory acne.

Researchers sought to determine the predictive value of tibiofemoral MRI, patellofemoral MRI, and KLG1 for the incidence of clinical or radiographic knee OA.

The study results suggest that hidradenitis suppurativa is both a cutaneous disease and a chronic systemic inflammatory condition.

Further research is warranted to clarify the role played by insulin resistance in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The management of asthma with short-acting beta-agonists was associated with reduced fertility rates in women, whereas treatment with inhaled corticosteroids or long-acting beta-agonists was not.

The use of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs has no medium-term effect on the risk for spinal fractures among patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

In postmenopausal women at high risk for fracture, treatment with romosozumab for 12 months, followed by alendronate, was associated with significantly fewer hip fractures than treatment with alendronate alone.