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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

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

Choosing Wisely’s Treatments, Tests that Pediatric Rheumatologists and Patients Should Question

Kurt Ullman | November 1, 2013

From autoantibody panels to assays for Lyme disease, the ACR and ABIM Foundation identify five common tests that are expensive, potentially harmful, and may not improve patient care

Study Points to Need for Increased Antirheumatic Therapy in Patients with Dyslipidemia

Lara C. Pullen, PhD | October 4, 2013

A new study suggests that patients diagnosed with RA as well as dyslipidemia may benefit from more aggressive antirheumatic therapy. (posted Oct. 3, 2013)

Coding Corner Answer: October Coding Challenge

Staff | October 1, 2013

Coding for an office visit by an obese Medicare patient with osteoarthritis (OA) whose knee is aspirated and injected with Synvisc-One

Rheumatology Research Foundation Announces 2013 Awards and Grants Recipients

Staff | September 1, 2013

The Foundation names winners of education and training awards, career development research awards, and disease-targeted research grants

ACR 2013 State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium: What’s Next in Therapy for Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Lupus?

Kathy Holliman | August 1, 2013

Experts highlight treatment advances and challenges ahead in OA, RA, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)