(Reuters Health)—When one person in a household gets prescribed opioids, the other people who live with them are more likely to get their own prescriptions for these narcotic painkillers, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined data on about 12.6 million people living in a household where someone was prescribed opioids and 6.4 million individuals in…
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Limbrel Linked to Possible Fatal Adverse Events
The FDA is investigating serious and potentially fatal side effects associated with Limbrel, which is designed to manage metabolic processes in patients with osteoarthritis…
Telehealth Extends Rheumatologists’ Reach
In many regions, rheumatologists are scarce. But telemedicine offers rheumatologists the ability to treat patients who have difficulty accessing care. A panel at the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting addressed the exciting prospects offered and ways to overcome its challenges…
What Makes an Effective Department Head?
If you’re aspiring to lead a rheumatology department, you will need more than what you learned in medical school. Beyond expertly treating patients and participating in research, these leaders must also understand management, mentorship and problem solving, as well as the business of running a successful department…
Knee Surgery Outcomes Linked with Education Level
(Reuters Health)—Patients who live in low-income communities and lack a college education may have worse pain after knee replacement surgery than their more educated neighbors, a recent study suggests. Two years after total knee replacement surgeries, patients in poor communities who hadn’t gone to college had average pain scores that were about 10 points worse…
Meet Sandra Mintz, MSN, RN, Incoming ARHP President: Personal Challenges Fuel Persistence, Passion for the Job
Sandra Mintz, MSN, RN, knew in high school that she wanted to be a nurse, and upon graduation, she did just that, the youngest in her class to graduate from Pasadena City College with an Associate of Science in nursing. Not long after embarking on her career, she received a life-altering medical diagnosis of her…
Upadacitinib Promising for RA in Phase 3 Study
In a recent study, upadacitinib proved safe and effective to treat rheumatoid arthritis in patients with inadequate responses to conventional synthetic DMARDs…
CVS Health to Acquire Aetna for $69 billion
(Reuters)—U.S. drugstore chain operator CVS Health Corp said on Sunday it had agreed to acquire U.S. health insurer Aetna Inc. for $69 billion, seeking to tackle soaring healthcare spending through lower-cost medical services in pharmacies. This year’s largest corporate acquisition will combine one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) and pharmacy operators with…
Multimodal Imaging May Uncover Neural Mechanisms in Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Lupus
In clinical practice, many unknowns exist about how SLE affects the brain—particularly in children. To help these young children battling pediatric SLE, Andrea Knight, MD, MSCE, is examining how advanced neuroimaging techniques may uncover potential inflammatory and non-inflammatory mechanisms of neuropsychiatric dysfunction in lupus…
European Commission Approves Subcutaneous Belimumab for SLE; FDA Safety Alert for Febuxostat
Subcutaneous belimumab has been approved in the EU to help treat patients with active autoantibody-positive SLE…
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