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Looking Ahead to Advocates for Arthritis 2025

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This May, more than 120 ACR leaders, fellows and patients with rheumatic disease will converge in Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress on issues including protecting Medicare and Medicaid, National Institutes of Health research funding and pharmacy benefit manager reform.

ACR Image Competition 2024 Results, Part 5

Eaman Alhassan, MD  |  

For the 2024 Image Competition, the ACR sought images with educational or remarkable manifestations representing a diverse range of pediatric patients with autoimmune, inflammatory, infectious and malignant drivers of rheumatic disease. Here, we showcase the winning images from North America. Patient Presentation A 3-year-old boy presented with a four-month history of rash and hand blisters….

President’s Corner: The Practicing Rheumatologist

Carol A. Langford, MD, MHS  |  

Independent, community-based rheumatologists and rheumatology professionals represent a critical part of the ACR and ARP. My immense respect for clinicians grew while watching my husband, who joined an independent practice after completing rheumatology fellowship. With admiration, I saw how he and his two dedicated partners cared for patients while simultaneously managing overhead and striving to…

Rheuminations: The Humble Case Report Tells a Story

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I often think about medical literature as a sprawling metropolis. There are towering skyscrapers of randomized controlled trials, lofty schools of systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and verdant parks of qualitative studies. Much less assuming are the case reports, which are sort of like homesteads for the majority of people who publish and contribute to the…

Editor's Pick

Large International Study Says Flares Rare After COVID Vaccination

Catherine Kolonko  |  

‘Patients with rheumatologic diseases are rightfully concerned about the risk of flares after getting their COVID vaccines, especially after holding immune modulators,’ says says Physician Editor Bharat Kumar, MD, MME, FACP, FAAAAI, RhMSUS. ‘A new study is reassuring that flares are rare, even after holding or discontinuing immune modulators.’ The development of a vaccine for…

Rheumatology Research Workshop attendees discuss an abstract poster at the poster session and reception.

A Passion for Research

Deborah Levenson with ACR staff  |  

With three new endowments established, the ACR Rheumatology Research Foundation aims to support and inspire the future of rheumatology and the innovative research that will one day benefit patients.

State Legislative Update, Spring 2025

Joseph Cantrell, JD  |  

With the state legislative session in full swing, the ACR is currently tracking 114 pieces of state legislation across many issue areas, including utilization management, prescription drug review boards and vaccines.