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Foundation’s Award Provides Research Opportunity for Community-Based Practitioners

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Rheumatologists in community-based practices work closely with patients, which allows them to notice trends and nuances researchers may not. Unfortunately, few opportunities exist for rheumatologists to test their observations through research, in addition to taking care of patients. Limited funding, time constraints and competition from larger academic medical centers are some of the barriers that…

The Georgia Society of Rheumatology in Focus

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As president of the Georgia Society of Rheumatology (GSR), Wambui Machua, MD, a rheumatologist with Piedmont Physicians Rheumatology, Atlanta, oversees a membership of 90 rheumatologists, six orthopedists, two nurses, 85 physician assistants and 27 fellows and residents. According to Dr. Machua, the GSR, founded in 1967, continues to pursue its original mission of providing educational…

Age-Related Blood Pressue Patterns in Lupus

Renée Bacher  |  

Rheumatologists should not be falsely reassured by a normal mean blood pressure in lupus patients, according to a study from Johns Hopkins University that found age-related blood pressure patterns in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) differ from the general population and that increased diastolic blood pressure variability (BPV) is highly associated with cardiovascular events in SLE.1…

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Biosimilars Are Slowly Climbing Toward Acceptance in Rheumatology

Bryn Nelson, PhD  |  

As useful stand-ins for biologics targeting a range of inflammatory diseases, biosimilars have made significant inroads across Europe as less expensive alternatives. Denmark, for example, realized a cost savings of 64% after instituting a mandatory national switch from the originator infliximab to its biosimilar counterpart. In the U.S., however, a considerably smaller fraction of rheumatologists…

Advocacy in a COVID-19 America

Ellen M. Gravallese, MD  |  

These are truly extraordinary times. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the rheumatology community, both providers and patients, in many ways, and our advocacy efforts are now more important than ever to ensure policymakers hear us and help address the issues facing our community. As with so many things during this pandemic, we are reimagining advocacy…

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The ACR Releases a New Gout Guideline

Susan Bernstein, with John FitzGerald, MD, PhD  |  

In May, the ACR released a new treatment guideline for the management of gout for simultaneous publication in Arthritis & Rheumatology and Arthritis Care & Research.1 Based on evidence from more than 130 published studies, the guideline makes a total of 42 recommendations—of which 16 are strong: It has 27 recommendations for urate-lowering therapy (ULT)…

Ethics Forum: Medical Ethical Considerations for COVID-19

David Y. Chen, MD, PhD, & Eric J. Gapud, MD, PhD, on behalf of the ACR Committee for Ethics & Conflicts of Interest  |  

Prescribing stewardship is just one ethical consideration facing rheumatologists during the COVID-19 pandemic.