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Coding Corner Question: February

Staff | February 1, 2014

Test your coding knowledge for an evaluation and management visit by a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis who is starting a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor

What Diet to Recommend to Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Vanessa Caceres | November 1, 2013

With no clear-cut, evidence-based dietary guidelines for RA, rheumatologists should advocate for a balanced diet to help patients reduce their risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis

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

The Dietitian’s Role in Managing Rheumatology Patients

Sotiria Everett, EdD, RD, CDN, CSSD | November 1, 2013

How dietary experts can help a multidisciplinary healthcare team by educating patients on nutrition and their health

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

New Insights into CPPD

Robert Terkeltaub, MD | October 1, 2013

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

Innovative ARHP Program to be Featured at the ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

Afton L. Hassett, PsyD | July 1, 2013

Highlights include compelling keynote speakers, an immunology bootcamp and an integrated poster session.

Rheumatology Drug Updates

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | July 1, 2013

Information on new approvals and medication safety that rheumatologists need to know

ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: New Treatments and Strategies Emerge for Osteoporosis

Thomas R. Collins | January 1, 2013

Rheumatology experts urge caution in using bisphosphonates to prevent bone loss

Coding Corner Question: November

Staff | November 1, 2012

Test your knowledge of the level of medical decision making (MDM) for an evaluation and management (E/M) office visit of a patient whose rheumatoid arthritis is worse on chronic medicine, whose osteoporosis is stable on chronic medicine, and who presents with a new problem of elevated blood pressure (BP)