After a busy day in rheumatology, Polly Ferguson, MD, gets creative at a local arts center, making beautiful pottery pieces, a skill she has wanted to develop for nearly 30 years.
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High Opioid Prescription Rates Seen in Emergency Department-Treated Gout
Acute gout can be very painful, causing patients to seek treatment in the emergency department. A retrospective study of pain interventions for gout in Rhode Island found that nearly 30% of patients received prescriptions for opioid medications over 30 months. Of these prescriptions, over 80% were for patients who had never been exposed to opioids…
FDA Warning: Avoid Use of NSAIDs after Week 20 of Pregnancy
The FDA is recommending pregnant women avoid using NSAIDs as early as week 20 of pregnancy due to the risk of kidney problems in a developing fetus.
FDA Approves Golimumab for Patients with pJIA & Psoriatic Arthritis
The FDA has approved golimumab for the treatment of pediatric patients with active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis or active psoriatic arthritis…
Hand Pain Depends on More Than Osteoarthritis Severity & Psych Profile
Pain is the main reason patients with osteoarthritis (OA) seek medical help because of the substantial burden it imposes and its impact on quality of life. Pain can actually change the way the central nervous system works. This central sensitization results in more pain with less provocation. And according to results from an observational study…
Rheum After 5: Dr. George Tsokos Shares His Love & Friendship with a Cat
George C. Tsokos, MD, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, both in Boston, doesn’t recall the moment he first became infatuated with Little, a 12-year-old Siamese cat. Dr. Tsokos doesn’t even own Little. Not that anyone can truly own any living creature….
Fall 2020’s Awards, Appointments & Announcements in Rheumatology
S. Louis Bridges Jr., MD, PhD, Moves to New York S. Louis Bridges Jr., MD, PhD, became the new physician in chief and chair of the Department of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), New York, on Sept. 1. He will also serve as the chief of rheumatology at Weill Cornell College of Medicine. Prior…
Rheumatology Health Educators Educate & Empower Patients
As a health educator at Integrative Rheumatology, a private practice in Charlotte, N.C., Latisha Williams, MPH, CHES, CHC, works with patients to teach them how to better manage their disease. In the two-and-a-half years that Ms. Williams has worked at Integrative Rheumatology, she’s answered countless questions about exercise, nutrition and complementary therapies, among other topics. “Patients…
The History of the American College of Rheumatology Image Library
Late-night gatherings; long hours of avid discussion weighing the merits of resolution quality, light, hues and tones; and camaraderie among members forged through a shared interest in maintaining the highest fidelity to their craft and profession—these are among the vivid memories of those who participated in the early years of building what is today known…
Reflections on Starting a Rheumatology Fellowship During the Pandemic
Some have opined, cynically, that transformative changes will not come to medical education and training, and to healthcare, until pigs fly. Well, in 2009–10, “swine flu,” and now we are in the midst of an unprecedented and disruptive pandemic, affecting virtually all aspects of our lives, including fellowships.1 As someone who started a rheumatology fellowship…
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