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Join Us Virtually for the 2018 Annual Meeting with ACR Beyond Live!

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Join us virtually in Chicago, as we stream the 2018 ACR Review Course and ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting live. Registration is now open, and the events will take place Oct. 20‒24. Watch the sessions live in real time, chat with other attendees, and participate in question-and-answer sessions when available. You can also enjoy access to the…

Delayed Care: Research Paints Complex Picture of Treatment Delays

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AMSTERDAM—A variety of factors lead to delays in patients seeking medical care for rheumatoid arthritis—from the nature of symptoms to coping tendencies—requiring more awareness from physicians when managing patients, researchers said at EULAR: the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology. Longer delays in treatment bring about more emotional distress to patients, missed chances to ease symptoms…

Promising Avenues in Myositis: Research Targets Disease Specificity

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AMSTERDAM—Research in myositis treatments is beginning to find its way, with investigators pursuing avenues special to the disease so therapy for patients may no longer involve piggybacking on existing treatments for other illnesses, an expert said at EULAR: the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology. “Finally, in myositis there are targets being investigated that are more…

Advocates for Arthritis Fly-In Event Benefits Rheumatology Patients

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Pendaar Pooyan was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in elementary school. He learned to ask for what he needed: use of a computer in class because of wrist pain and a locker that didn’t require him to bend down so far. And he learned to talk about his disease. This helped make participating for…

Virginia Society Hires Executive Director

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Managing the administrative work necessary to keep members of the Virginia Society of Rheumatologists (VSR) active and engaged was proving a challenge for volunteer rheumatologists balancing their society activities with busy practice schedules. After attending several other state society meetings and talking to society leaders about the value of creating an executive director role, VSR…

Bone Mineral Density Most Important Determinant of Fracture Risk

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—In what is believed to be the largest study investigating genetic and clinical determinants of osteoporotic fracture risk, only a genetic predisposition to low bone mineral density (BMD) had a potential causal role to play. “Notably, genetic predisposition to lower levels of vitamin D and estimated calcium intake from dairy sources were…