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We appreciate the interest of Drs. Wang and Qu¹ in our work,² and their call for more family-friendly metrics to help convey meaningful quality of life improvements in juvenile idiopathic arthritis ( JIA). After considering the different ideas suggested in t...

Virtual Health Interventions to Improve Breastfeeding: A Systematic Review

CONTEXT Use of virtual health interventions has increased rapidly, with growing evidence evaluating virtual breastfeeding support. However, the effectiveness of different types of virtual breastfeeding interventions remains unclear. OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of various typ...

Clinical Joint Tenderness in First-Nations First-Degree Relatives of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Examining Factors Associated with Functional Disability and Progression to RA

Objectives Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease affecting synovial joints. Prior to the clinical onset of arthritis, autoantibodies and non-specific joint symptoms often appear in the absence of joint swelling. We previously found that functional disability...