Articles tagged with "Clinical research"

Reading Rheum: Which Bone Agent Is Best in High-risk Osteoporosis?

Eric S. Schned, MD | March 1, 2008

Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature

Research Funded by Within Our Reach Highlighted

Staff | March 1, 2008

Five Within Our Reach science investigators provided overviews and updates of their RA research projects to the newly formed Within Our Reach advisory board at its inaugural meeting, held November 8, 2007.

Systemic Vasculitis

Virginia Hughes | March 1, 2008

Low incidence makes research and diagnosis a challenge

Osteoarthritis Quo Vadis

Roland W. Moskowitz, MD | March 1, 2008

Our knowledge of OA has progressed far—does a cure lie ahead?

Take the Measure of Osteoarthritis

Nicholas Bellamy, MBChB, MD, MSc, MBA, DSc | February 1, 2008

The WOMAC index standardized OA status measurement, as described by its creator

Th17 Cells Explained

Virginia Hughes | February 1, 2008

The new kids on the block have rheumatologic ramificatons

Increase NIH Funding, Participate in Advocates for Arthritis

Staff | January 1, 2008

The ACR consistently urges Congress to support issues relating to rheumatologists, rheumatology health professionals, and patients. The primary advocacy goals are: supporting of the “Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2007” (H.R.1283/S.626) and the “Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007” (H.R.1293/S.1338), finding a permanent solution to the Medicare reimbursement issue, and increasing funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—including the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases—and other agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Medical and Prosthetic Research Program.