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Interplay Between Physician Employment Agreements, Medical Staff Bylaws Should Not be Ignored

Steven M. Harris, Esq. | October 1, 2013

Doctors must consider and review bylaws of hospital medical staff privileges when entertaining employment with a hospital or private practice

EULAR 2013: New RA Recommendations Address Combination Therapy Concerns

Thomas R. Collins | October 1, 2013

Guidelines give greater nod to use of combination conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for rheumatoid arthritis, leave monotherapy with methotrexate as acceptable first-line treatment

My Experience at the ACR Dallas Rheumatology Research Workshop

Katarzyna Gilek-Seibert, MD | October 1, 2013

A second-year rheumatology fellow reflects on lectures and lessons learned at the event

Continued Congressional Lobbying by ACR Volunteers Needed to Repeal SGR

Staff | October 1, 2013

Ways you can advocate for legislation to replace the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula

Rheumatology Research Foundation Advances Studies in Inflammatory Arthritis

Staff | October 1, 2013

Disease Targeted Research Initiative may improve treatment, prevention of rheumatoid arthritis, other inflammatory diseases

New Insights into CPPD

Robert Terkeltaub, MD | October 1, 2013

Progress in research, outcomes, diagnosis, and treatment of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease

Supreme Court Decision on Gene Patents Good News for Clinicians, Researchers

Richard Quinn | September 24, 2013

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled human genes cannot be patented may provide greater access to genetic testing. (posted Sept. 24, 2013)

Lactoferricin’s Role in Preventing Disc Degeneration

Lara C. Pullen, PhD | September 16, 2013

The combination of bone-morphogenetic protein-7 (BMP7) and lactoferricin B (LfcinB) may be a useful treatment for disc degeneration. (posted Sept. 16, 2013)

Sensory Nerves May Be Key for Osteoporosis

Lara C. Pullen, PhD | September 10, 2013

Sensory nerves have an essential role in bone remodeling. In particular, semaphorin 3A (Sema3A) regulates bone remodeling by modulating sensory nerve development. (posted Sept. 9, 2013)

SGR Fix Finally on the Horizon?

Richard Quinn | September 10, 2013

By a 51–0 vote, the House Energy and Commerce Committee in July passed H.R. 2810, legislation that would repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. (posted Sept. 9, 2013)