(Reuters Health)—Many patients who receive assistance from charities set up to defray prescription drugs costs may already have insurance that covers most the cost for their medications, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined data on the six largest independent charities offering patient assistance programs through 274 different disease-specific programs. These programs had total revenue ranging…
Medical Professionals Link the Word ‘Career’ with Men
(Reuters Health)—Researchers who examined implicit and explicit gender biases in the U.S. medical community found professionals of both genders are more likely to associate the word career with men and the word family with women. And U.S. surgeons broadly see surgery as a man’s career and family medicine as a woman’s field, the researchers also…
Mindfulness-Based Therapy Improves Function in Fibromyalgia
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is more effective than treatment as usual for improving function and other outcomes in patients with fibromyalgia, according to a new randomized trial. MBSR is an extension of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) intended to help patients change the way they experience symptoms, Dr. Albert Feliu-Soler of the Institut de…
Asthma, Allergic Disease, Passive Smoke Exposure & the Risk of RA
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common autoimmune diseases. One hypothesis is that inflammation in the respiratory tract results in autoantibody formation that later leads to disease. Kronzer et al. set out to narrow the knowledge gaps related to the oral-respiratory factors that may mediate RA pathogenesis.
Immunologic Variables Precede Lupus Flares
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) flares may arise from lymphoid and myeloid mechanisms, which may overlap in some patients. In a recent study, researchers compared SLE patients who flared early after treatment to those who did not, unveiling variables that may serve as independent predictors of SLE flares…
Baricitinib: Early vs. Late Treatment Outcomes in RA Patients
Recent research found that RA patients who began treatment with baricitinib experienced greater improvement from baseline than patients who began treatment with methotrexate…
Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH, Advances RISE Through the Registries and Health IT Committee
With her combined expertise in rheumatology and informatics, Dr. Yazdany is leading the ACR’s Registries and Health Information Technology Committee to create a national health IT infrastructure that advances rheumatology practice.
Secukinumab: The Real World Experience of PsA Patients
Secukinumab therapy proved safe and effective for psoriatic arthritis patients with multiple co-morbidities and long treatment histories, according to recent research…
A More Complicated Pregnancy: Inflammatory Arthritis Increases the Risk for Adverse Outcomes
Pregnant women with inflammatory arthritis may have an increased risk for preterm delivery. New research examined the risk of preterm delivery and other pregnancy complications in women with RA and JIA vs. healthy controls…
CMS Proposes Major Payment Increases for E/M Services
CMS estimates that under their proposal, released July 29, rheumatologists would see on average a 15% payment increase, beginning in 2021.
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