Articles tagged with "Rheumatoid arthritis"

Rheumatology Drug Updates

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | February 1, 2014

Information on new approvals and medication safety that rheumatologists need to know

Tech Talk: Smartphone Apps, Online Games May Encourage Healthy Behaviors in Rheumatology Patients

Susan Bernstein | February 1, 2014

Customized text messages and virtual reality technology can help health professionals prompt patients to take medications and get exercise

Paleopathology Uses Patients from the Past to Investigate Today’s Diseases

Bruce Rothschild, MD | February 1, 2014

Evidence of disease in prehistoric skeletons can provide clues to early characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis, calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease, and other joint disorders

2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Clues to Predictors of Autoimmune Disease Revealed

Susan Bernstein | February 1, 2014

New research clarifies signs of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus years in advance and could lead to presymptomatic treatment intervention

2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Research Provides Insight into Preclinical Rheumatic Disease

Mary Beth Nierengarten | February 1, 2014

Data offer clues to role of mucosal biology in etiology of rheumatoid arthrits and early pathology of rheumatic diseases

Pharmacy-based Arthritis Screening Debuts in Canada

Kurt Ullman | February 1, 2014

Co-sponsored program between the Ministry of Health and pharmacy chain tasks pharmacists with screening people for knee osteoarthritis

Coding Corner Question: February

Staff | February 1, 2014

Test your coding knowledge for an evaluation and management visit by a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis who is starting a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor

Parents Give Back after Watching Daughter’s Struggle with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Staff | February 1, 2014

Diagnosis prompts Steve and Debbie Russell to support the Rheumatology Research Foundation

2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Better Care for Pediatric Rheumatology Patients On Horizon

Susan Bernstein | February 1, 2014

A robust workforce, flourishing clinical trials, broad patient registries, and consensus treatment protocols contribute to improvements for the subspecialty

Does Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Increase Cardiovascular Burden?

Lara C. Pullen, PhD | January 14, 2014

Long-term use of TNFα inhibitors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis is associated with both gains in fat mass and a shift in fat mass to the visceral region. (posted Jan. 14)