Related Articles
Tech Talk: Physicians Debate Using Cell Phones to Communicate with Patients
Concerns about protecting personal privacy and receiving after-hours calls are balanced by physicians’ desire to connect with patients
The Brain in Lupus
The Mary Kirkland Center lupus conference offers insight into cognitive aspects of SLE
Chronic Pain Research Probes Neurologic Pain Pathways, Biomarkers
With the aid of increasingly sophisticated neuroimaging technology, research into how the brain activates and changes in patients with chronic pain is delivering fascinating information that will hopefully pave the way to tailored, individual treatment of chronic pain. Over the past several years, data from neuroimaging studies have provided a new understanding of what occurs…
The Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Unleashed to Fight Cancer
A 53-year-old female presented to the clinic for severe polyarticular joint pain and was found to have a seronegative inflammatory arthritis. Six months before, she had completed 10 months of treatment for stage IV metastatic melanoma with the immune checkpoint inhibitors, nivolumab and ipilimumab, achieving complete remission of her cancer. She said that throughout her…