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Promoting healthy gut microbiota, the bacteria that live in the intestine, can help treat or prevent metabolic syndrome, a combination of risk factors that increases a person’s risk for heart disease, diabetes and stroke, according to researchers at Georgia State University and Cornell University. Their findings are published in the journal Gastroenterology.

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Georgia State University will revitalize an area adjacent to Woodruff Park by creating a media production center for education, research and entrepreneurship and partnerships with the Georgia film, music, games and arts industries.

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A Georgia Tech professor is offering an alternative to the celebrated “Turing Test” to determine whether a machine or computer program exhibits human-level intelligence.

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As part of the four-year, $2.1 million National Science Foundation research project, data analytic teams from Georgia Tech and the University of Texas, Austin, will develop algorithms and methods to convert the electronic health records data into meaningful clinical concepts or phenotypes focused on diseases and specific health traits.

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Carefully employing a TNF inhibitor dose-reduction strategy can be just as effective at safely treating RA patients as regular dosing methods, while also saving approximately $7,500 per patient annually.

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Inflammation related to synovitis or effusion may drive increased sensitization in knee osteoarthritis, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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Patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis may improve their pain, stiffness and physical function with sustained physical exercise, manual therapy or both, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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Physically demanding jobs may increase the effects of inflammation on the progression of ankylosing spondylitis, possibly leading to increased bone formation in these patients, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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Mortality risk for patients with rheumatoid arthritis is reduced to that of the general population when patients are treated with the aim to meet a low disease activity score, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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Secukinumab, an anti-IL-17A monoclonal antibody biologic drug, showed promise as a treatment for patients with active ankylosing spondylitis, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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Rheumatologists at Geisinger Health System in Central Pennsylvania have developed a new model of rheumatoid arthritis patient care that is designed to improve quality while reducing costs, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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Baseline levels of serum interferon in rheumatoid arthritis patients may help rheumatologists determine who will have a poor response to tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitor drugs, and one day help rheumatologists determine the best treatment options for individual RA patients.

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Women with rheumatoid arthritis are at significantly higher risk of all-cause mortality, particularly respiratory causes, compared to women without the disease, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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Not only does treatment with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor biologic drugs not increase the risk of congestive heart failure in people with rheumatoid arthritis, but it may decrease the incidence of this serious cardiovascular disease in these patients, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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Better clinical care and compliance might prevent most gout cases that require hospitalization, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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Patients with rheumatic diseases who are treated with denosumab (Prolia®, Xgeva®) either alone, or in combination with either biologic or non-biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), do not appear to have a significant increased risk of infections.

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Women using intrauterine devices (IUDs) may be at increased risk for producing autoantibodies related to the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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Running as a habitual exercise at any stage in life not only does not increase a person’s risk of developing knee osteoarthritis and may even help protect a person from developing the painful disease, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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Patients with end-stage lung disease due to systemic sclerosis should not simply be denied lung transplantation because of short- and long-term survival concerns due to extra-pulmonary factors, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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People with rheumatoid arthritis who are currently taking biologic drugs may be safely vaccinated for the viral infection herpes zoster, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston.

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Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil®), especially at the higher standard dose of 400 mg per day, independently decreases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity in people with rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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Raman spectroscopy (RS) used at point of service could reduce the need for inpatient admission in patients with gout and pseudogout, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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People age 30 or over with autoimmune, inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and inflammatory bowel disease, may benefit from vaccinations for the viral infection herpes zoster, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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Use of antibiotics is associated with an increased risk of children developing juvenile idiopathic arthritis, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston.

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Denosumab (Prolia®, Xgeva®) reversed cortical bone loss and increased bone mineral density, lowering wrist fracture rates in women with osteoporosis, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Boston.

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Activation of the innate immune system with the bacterial protein flagellin could prevent and cure rotavirus infection, which is among the most common causes of severe diarrhea, says a Georgia State University research team that described the method as a novel means to prevent and treat viral infection.

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Georgia Tech studies mid-air orientation and impact behavior in both cats and humans as it applies to reduced impact in falling robots, especially those that one day may be used for search-and-rescue missions in hazardous conditions.

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Needles almost too small to be seen with the unaided eye could be the basis for new treatment options for two of the world’s leading eye diseases: glaucoma and corneal neovascularization.

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Lewy Body Dementia medical expert explains the conflicting information that was revealed in the autopsy of the late actor/comedian Robin Williams. Relation between Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy Body is described.

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Three faculty members in the College of Education’s Department of Counseling and Psychological Services have been awarded a five-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration to prepare rehabilitation counselors to work with people with mental illness.

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The Georgia State University College of Law and the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps will officially open a Law Volunteer Clinic for Veterans that will serve 800 veterans enrolled as students at the university at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 11.

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A new statistical test that looks at the patterns of high-frequency network activity flow from brain signals can help doctors pinpoint the exact location of seizures occurring in the brain and make surgery more effective, according to researchers at Georgia State University and Emory University School of Medicine. The findings are published in the journal Epilepsia.

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A team of researchers at Georgia State University’s School of Public Health has developed an Urban Health Index to guide health care professionals, policy makers and researchers around the world, with the support of funds from the World Health Organization (WHO) Kobe Centre in Japan.