Conditions

Subcategories:Axial Spondyloarthritis Gout and Crystalline Arthritis Guidelines Myositis Osteoarthritis and Bone Disorders Other Rheumatic Conditions Pain Syndromes Pediatric Conditions Psoriatic Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis Sjögren’s Disease Soft Tissue Pain Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Systemic Sclerosis Vasculitis

ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: Serum Antibodies Offer Useful Clinical Insights into Systemic Sclerosis

Thomas R. Collins | April 1, 2013

Understanding the role of autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis (SSc) may help predict the course of the disease and guide clinical trials

ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: New Insights into Bone Erosion and Formation Heighten Prospects for Therapies

Thomas R. Collins | April 1, 2013

Studies look at how the balance between osteoclast-mediated bone resorption and osteoblast mediated bone formation is undermined in people with arthritic conditions

ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: Use a Combination of Tests, Patient History, and Physical Exam when Assessing Myopathies

Susan Bernstein | April 1, 2013

Autoantibody testing, electromyogram, muscle tissue biopsy, and a clinical exam may help confirm a myopathy diagnosis

ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: Tips to Diagnose and Treat Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome (CAPS)

Thomas R. Collins | April 1, 2013

CAPS is a rare, complex disease which involves sudden clotting on multiple fronts

Pain Treatment Will to Become More Targeted as Knowledge of Pain Mechanics Increases

Thomas R. Collins | March 21, 2013

The notion of pain as just a peripheral, or strictly stimulus-driven, phenomenon is over.

Tips for Myositis Management

Thomas R. Collins | March 19, 2013

Differentiating between subgroups of myositis is a diagnostic challenge for physicians, but using some guiding principles can be helpful,

Pain Treatment Will to Become More Targeted as Knowledge of Pain Mechanics Increases Bad

Thomas R. Collins | March 18, 2013

The notion of pain as just a peripheral, or strictly stimulus-driven, phenomenon is over.

ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: Genes Not the Only Factor in Susceptibility to Rheumatoid Arthritis

Susan Bernstein | March 1, 2013

Epigenetics, innate immunity, and environmental stresses such as smoking could have more influence than scientists once believed

Letter: Should We Monitor Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia?

William Treuhaft, MD | March 1, 2013

Why have physicians stopped routine screening for hyperuricemia and is there any value to this screening?

Letter: There’s No Reason Now to Screen for Uric Acid

Robert H. Shmerling, MD | March 1, 2013

Screening was common in the 1970s and before, but new studies demonstrate that most hyperuricemia patients never developed gout or kidney stones, so enthusiasm for screening waned