Pain is common and can be severe in patients with systemic sclerosis, a Canadian cross-sectional analysis found. This is an underappreciated aspect of this disease.

MIAMI BEACH (MedPage Today) -- Half of patients with psoriasis unresponsive to high-dose etanercept (Enbrel) achieved significant improvement with ustekinumab (Stelara), investigators in a randomized clinical trial reported here.

Intravitreal drug injections for age-related macular degeneration in at least one Canadian province have mushroomed in recent years, likely adding fuel to a controversy over off-label use of bevacizumab for this purpose.

MIAMI BEACH (MedPage Today) -- Two-thirds of psoriasis patients who had inadequate responses to etanercept (Enbrel) achieved total clearance or minimal disease activity with infliximab (Remicade), according to data reported here.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- African Americans and Hispanics are much more likely than whites to develop Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, according to new figures from the Alzheimer's Association.

Taxing junk food may be a means of reducing obesity and improving health, researchers have found.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A panel of pulmonologists and asthma experts will vote Tuesday on whether to recommend FDA approval of what would be the first U.S. drug for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Washington might be ground zero for the nation's political protests, but a planned Tuesday rally of labor and religious leaders who will attempt to "arrest" insurance executives sounds like it will be dramatic political theater even in this town.

Despite decades of dramatic advances in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, survival has not improved for these patients, a Dutch study found.

Drinking lightly or moderately may keep women from gaining too much weight, researchers say.