Other Rheumatic Conditions

Teaching Rheumatology in Haiti

Ronald J. Anderson, MD | July 1, 2014

Rheumatologist Ronald J. Anderson, MD, describes volunteer experience with medical residents, teaching rheumatology

Lessons Learned from a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sarah Troxell, RN, BSN | June 1, 2014

Sarah Troxell, RN, BSN, imparts what she’s learned about RA and medication management, assembling a team of health professionals and battling other health issues

Methotrexate May Mitigate Inflammatory Bone Disease Note Experts at the ACR/ARHP Winter Rheumatology Symposium

Kimberly Retzlaff | April 2, 2014

By regulating molecules key to osteoclast/osteoblast processes, methotrexate may reduce bone destruction in inflammatory arthritis, osteolysis, especially in combination with adenosine

Approval Expected for Apremilast

Richard Quinn | March 5, 2014

New drug shows promise in treating psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis & psoriasis

Evolutionary Medicine Provides Insight into the Chronic Inflammatory State Note Rheumatologists at the 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

Mary Beth Nierengarten | March 1, 2014

Studies on metabolism, neuroendocrinology, and immunology can broaden understanding of the pathophysiology of chronic inflammatory diseases

Letters: More Tools for Inflammatory Myopathies

Stephan Regenass, MD | February 1, 2014

A reader offers more diagnostic tools for inflammatory myopathies

Why Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Should Be On Your Radar

Imad Uthman, MD, MPH, and Munther Khamashta, MD, PhD | February 1, 2014

With a wide range of clinical manifestations and frequent occurrence among rheumatology patients, APS is one for rheumatologists to watch

Inflammatory Myopathies Difficult to Diagnose, Treat

Jonathan Jones, MD, and Robert Wortmann, MD | December 1, 2013

Without a single set of diagnostic criteria for identifying polymyositis, dermatomyositis, or myositis and scant evidence-based therapeutic guidelines, these rare muscle diseases can be hard to manage

Fellow’s Forum Case Report: New Sarcoidosis Cases in Patients Treated with Tumor Necrosis Factor–Alpha Inhibitors

Jonida Cote, DO, Thomas Harrington, MD, Alicia Meadows, DO, Fan Lin, MD, and Androniki Bili, MD, MPH | November 1, 2013

Two patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with TNF-alpha inhibitor therapy develop the multisystem disease

Researchers Look for Therapeutic Clues to Sjögrens Syndrome in Neural Pathways

Robert I. Fox, MD, PhD, and Carla M. Fox, RN | November 1, 2013

Beyond biologic agents, scientists study cytokines, chemokines, and the interface between inflammatory and neural/secretory pathways