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Articles tagged with "Clinical research"

Reading Rheum

Daniel Hal Solomon, MD, MPH; Joan M. Von Feldt, MD;  |  

Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature

Enhanced Opportunities at the 2007 Meeting

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The AMPC is using more translational components as a way of increasing the basic scientist’s interaction with clinicians, he explains. In keeping with this, the meeting will offer sessions on osteoclasts, implications for the development and treatment of osteoarthritis, T-cell subsets, and a year in review – all of which will be of interest to both the clinician and the basic researcher.

Abstracts Highlight Latest Scientific Advances

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The ACR has accepted 2,034 abstracts and the ARHP has accepted 92 abstracts for presentation during this year’s annual meeting. These abstracts will be presented in more than 50 concurrent sessions and three poster sessions.

REF Reaches for a Cure

David Holzman  |  

ACR Research and Education Foundation launches campaign to find RA cure

Support for a Future without RA

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Shirley Enis of Jacksboro, Texas, has decided to get involved with “Within Our Reach” because the campaign has the capacity to improve RA patients’ quality of life, alleviate long-term effects of RA, and ultimately ensure that future generations can enjoy life without RA.

Reading RHEUM

Robyn T. Domsic, MD; Kathleen A. Haines, MD; Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH;  |  

Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature

Consumers Add Perspective to Arthritis Research

Catherine Backman, PhD, OT(C)  |  

It has been my distinct pleasure to work with consumer collaborators—people living with arthritis—on research projects, advisory boards, and review panels, in consensus meetings to establish research agendas, and as co-educators in health professional programs. Those I work with have chosen the term “consumer collaborator” to reflect their contribution to and eventual use of our partnerships, although others might call them patients or clients.