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ACR Releases COVID-19 & MIS-C Clinical Guidance for Kids with Rheumatic Disease

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Recurrent Medial Elbow Pain Following Successful Tommy John Surgery

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Bisphosphonates Reduce Bone Toughness Over Time

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Using bisphosphonates for several years is associated with increasing brittleness and decreasing toughness of bone, according to a new review. “Long-term treatment… [Read More]

NIH Taps Lindsey Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc, as Director of NIAMS

National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, has selected Lindsey A. Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc, as director of NIH’s National Institute of… [Read More]

Continuing Medical Education Credit, Maintenance of Certification Points Now Available Through ACR’s RISE Registry

Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness registry users can complete an online performance improvement activity to earn up to 20 continuing medical education credits and 20 maintenance of certification points. [Read More]

CMS Releases 2021 Proposed Rule for the Quality Payment Program

The ACR has highlighted critical changes for the 2021 performance year outlined in the proposed rule released Aug. 3 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. [Read More]

ACR Leaders Discuss Hydroxychloroquine Issues with FDA Commissioner

The conversation with Stephen Hahn, MD, addressed challenges associated with hydroxychloroquine access during the COVID-19 public health emergency and handling patient concerns about potential cardiac side effects. [Read More]

Abaloparatide vs. Alendronate for Osteoporosis

In a clinical trial, researchers compared the efficacy of abaloparatide with alendronate in reducing the risk of fracture among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. The findings suggest initial treatment with abaloparatide may result in greater vertebral fracture reduction than alendronate… [Read More]

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ACR Releases COVID-19 & MIS-C Clinical Guidance for Kids with Rheumatic Disease

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The ACR has released clinical guidance documents for pediatric patients with rheumatic disease in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, including one for multi-system inflammatory… [Read More]

The Problem with Peer Review

I should have paid more attention in medical school. If I had, I might have remembered enough about basic pathophysiology to know why everyone was… [Read More]

ACR Convergence 2020: Reimagining the ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

Looking back on last year’s ACR/ARP annual meeting, I recall the energy and excitement of attendees as they participated in sessions covering the latest scientific… [Read More]

9 Steps to Transform Your Rheumatology Practice

The ACR position statement on access to care proposes the goal that “… all patients have timely access to expert rheumatology care … .”1 The… [Read More]

COVID-19: Most Individuals with Rheumatic Disease Recover

An analysis of data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance registry shows that use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs did not increase the risk of hospitalization for COVID-19 patients with rheumatic disease, but steroid use did. [Read More]

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