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The ACR Responds to Reports of Treatment Denials in Wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

The U.S. Supreme Court

The ACR is aware of the emerging concerns surrounding access to needed treatments, such as methotrexate, after the recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s… [Read More]

OA Prevalence Primarily on the Rise

Background & Objectives Worldwide, osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent, chronic joint disease that causes pain, disability and loss of function. Global trends demonstrated an… [Read More]

ACR-FDA Summit Focuses on Study Design, Safety Considerations

Safety considerations and data sources are crucial to consider when designing studies for rheumatology treatments, according to presenters at the 2022 ACR-FDA Summit. [Read More]

Kidney Pathology for the Rheumatologist: Tips from an Expert

Renal biopsy is a valuable tool for the accurate diagnosis and management of patients with kidney involvement due to rheumatic disease. Agnes B. Fogo, MD, shared her expertise on renal pathology and insights into what rheumatologists should know, during a session at the 2022 ACR Education Exchange. [Read More]

Tips from a Joint Surgeon on What the Rheumatologist Needs to Know

Hip and knee replacements—despite advancement in treatments for rheumatic diseases, some patients will still need to undergo these surgeries. Here are insights into the considerations, costs and complications of total joint arthroplasty. [Read More]

How to Help Patients with Chronic Pain

Pain is more than nociception, and pain management is more than medication. Delia Chiaramonte, MD, provided insights into how rheumatologists can help their patients ease and manage chronic pain. [Read More]

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Where Mental Health & Rheumatology Overlap

Where Mental Health & Rheumatology Overlap

Because rheumatologists and mental health experts both treat patients with depression, anxiety, pain, disability and sleep disorders, provider cross-training may benefit patients and providers themselves…. [Read More]

Concierge Care: Basketball, Hotels & the Future of Rheumatology

I wouldn’t normally look to professional basketball as a model for healthcare, but sometimes answers come from unexpected places. The observation that elite athletes are… [Read More]

Case Report: A Bullous Eruption

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is an anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis typically characterized by asthma, peripheral eosinophilia and medium- to small-vessel necrotizing vasculitis. Cutaneous manifes­tations… [Read More]

Case Report: Abscess as a Manifestation of Autoinflammatory Disease

Abscesses are typically caused by infections, but some are, instead, sterile. Aseptic abscesses (AAs) are characterized by the same neutrophil-rich histo­pathology as infectious abscesses; however,… [Read More]

Axial Disease in Psoriatic Arthritis

When Moll and Wright first described the spondyloarthritides in the early 1970s, the archetype of the group was ankylosing spondylitis (AS).1 The shared clinical features… [Read More]

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