Tracking the results of drug safety and efficacy
California Rheumatologists Explore Managed Care, Treatment Options
Advances in SLE, osteoporosis, and RA highlighted at California Rheumatology Alliance meeting.
Minerals, Mud, Martinis, and Methylprednisone
How the practice of rheumatology differs in America and Europe.
Désirée Van Der Heijde, MD, PhD, a Key Driver of Treatment Advances
Dr. van der Heijde learned early in her career that serendipity often plays a role in clinical research and treatment advances.
Basics of Biologic Joint Reconstruction
For young patients especially, this can delay knee replacement and provide better outcomes.
Pain is a Tricky Thing to Treat, or Even Evaluate
Rheumatology is such a gratifying and emotionally rewarding medical specialty. There is no better feeling than helping patients with conditions whose proper diagnosis and management have eluded other practitioners. A patient with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) presents with pain, and a major clinical tenet of DISH has been its lack of association with pain.
A Passion for Multidisciplinary Collaboration
Through teamwork, David T. Felson, MD, MPH, has advanced understanding and treatment of rheumatic diseases
Dermatology Case Answer
Figure 2: Hematoxylin and eosin stain from punch biopsy of lesional skin demonstrated sarcoidal granulomas, inflamed. Review the case… The correct answer is D) Sarcoidosis: This patient’s first presentation of sarcoidosis consisted of skin lesions that were sarcoidal granulomas localized to a single pigment color within her tattoo (note the red pigment areas only are affected)….