Susan Bernstein is a freelance journalist based in Atlanta. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. Susan has worked as a professional journalist, writer, book author and editor for 25 years. She served in full-time positions with both the Arthritis Foundation and the American College of Rheumatology. She began working as a freelance journalist in 2011. Susan is the author of numerous Web and print articles on a variety of medical topics and is the author of three patient health books published by the Arthritis Foundation.
It takes a great deal of time and money to produce clinical practice guidelines for rheumatic diseases. No matter how well a treatment inhibits inflammatory cytokines, it won’t lower disease activity without one essential factor: patient compliance. “You can’t propose a treatment algorithm in your research that no patient would actually use,” says Veena Ranganath,…
Recognizing, reducing risk of bone fractures in pediatric patients with rheumatic disease, taking glucocorticoid therapy
Links between autoimmunity, malignancy prompt rheumatologists to include cancer screening for patients
Review of clinical research on methotrexate therapy, effect on patients’ functionality, tolerability, adverse events
Tips to screen for, treat central or peripheral nervous system disorders, lymphoma in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome
Immunoglobulin superfamily of proteins, CTLA-4 and PD-1, may generate treatments for RA, SLE
Studies explore role of STING pathway in bone remodeling, denosumab to reduce fracture risk, autotaxin’s role in fibrosis, SSc
Gut bacteria may hold clues to breakthrough rheumatic disease treatments
The ACR shares highlights of in-development guidelines for RA combination strategies, live vaccines and biologics
Patient-centeredness, teaching hospitals, clinical competency most popular published topics in medical literature last year