We all know that completely different medical conditions can create the same effects on our patients’ work lives. That is, from the employer’s purely administrative standpoint, an absence is an absence regardless of its cause. Even medical care professionals react differently to similar effects rendered by completely different circumstances. A Personnel Crisis Let me give…
(Reuters Health)—Women who have pregnancies less than a year apart may have a greater risk for osteoporosis later in life than those who wait longer between babies, a study suggests. Researchers compared the reproductive histories of 239 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis to 298 similar women without thinning bones. Pregnancies no more than 12 months apart…
Important new findings show that a majority of women with inactive or stable SLE can have successful pregnancies without experiencing flares and give birth to infants who survive the neonatal period…
Research shows women with RA at risk of preterm birth
What to consider when advising a pregnant patient with rheumatoid arthritis whose fetus has been exposed to teratogenic medications
A treat-to-target approach to managing rheumatoid arthritis can work even in pregnant women
Experts from across the nation describe the best clinical approaches to rheumatologic disease management.
How to minimize the risks of pregnancy for women with SLE
Michrochimerism research offers insights into several autoimmune conditions