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Mary Beth Nierengarten

Mary Beth Nierengarten is a writer, editor and journalist with over 25 years of medical communications experience. She is a regular contributor to a number of online and print publications and writes in most clinical areas, as well as on health policy and economic issues. She lives in Minneapolis and can be reached at [email protected].

Articles by Mary Beth Nierengarten

Kristine Kuhn, MD, PhD, Takes Reins of ACR’s Committee on Research

January 20, 2021 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

Dr. Kuhn hopes to expand funding for rheumatology research and enhance the ACR’s basic and clinical research pre-conference offerings during her term as chair.... [Read More]

Study Shows Psoriatic Arthritis Impacts Women More Than Men

January 19, 2021 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has a higher life impact on women than men, suggesting the need to include life impact as part of the treat-to-target strategy for PsA. This is the finding of a recently published study by Orbai et al., which found female sex independently linked to high PsA life impact.1  The Study The study… [Read More]

Therapeutic Exercise for Bone Health

December 17, 2020 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

ACR CONVERGENCE 2020—Attention to bone health in people at risk of developing, or who already have, osteoporosis is essential to reduce their increased risk for fragility fractures. Major risk factors for osteoporosis include being female, white, of small frame and having a family history of osteoporosis, as well as having secondary causes of osteoporosis, such… [Read More]

Mitigating Preeclampsia Risk May Reduce Preterm Birth, Cesarean Delivery

December 14, 2020 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

Interventions targeted at mitigating the risk of preeclampsia may reduce preterm birth and cesarean delivery in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and psoriasis. That’s one key finding of a retrospective study published in Arthritis Care & Research.1 The study set out to quantify the mediated effects of autoimmune conditions on adverse… [Read More]

Resetting Immune Tolerance to Prevent RA

November 24, 2020 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

Three experts discuss the current evidence on potential pathogenic mechanisms underlying preclinical RA autoimmunity and subsequent active disease.... [Read More]

Optimize Gout Management with the Latest Evidence-Based Guidance

November 17, 2020 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

ACR Convergence 2020—In May 2020, the ACR published its updated guideline for the management of gout.1 It followed on the heels of a 2017 gout guideline published by the American College of Physicians.2 Although the guidelines provide similar recommendations on the treatment of acute gout, they differ importantly in the use of uric acid-lowering therapy… [Read More]

Resetting Immune Tolerance for the Prevention of RA

November 10, 2020 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

ACR CONVERGENCE 2020—Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been postulated to develop in several phases, with inherited susceptibility factors in some cases leading to asymptomatic (or preclinical) citrullinated protein-directed autoimmunity, followed, after some interval, by the development of synovial infiltration and polyarticular disease. We know early treatment of RA is critical to reduce disease symptoms and slow… [Read More]

ACR Comments Help Inform ICER Assessment of Treatments for Lupus Nephritis & Other Rheumatic Conditions

October 19, 2020 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

The ACR submitted comments to the Institute for Clinical & Economic Review outlining key considerations that should inform independent assessment of the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of medical therapies for lupus nephritis.... [Read More]

ACR Convergence 2020 Workshop Covers 2021 Practice Management & Coding Changes

October 19, 2020 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

Attendees at the daylong workshop will learn about key evaluation and management code changes coming in 2021 that affect rheumatologists and rheumatology professionals.... [Read More]

Sedentary Lifestyle Linked to Reduced Quality of Life in People with Knee OA

September 21, 2020 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

Physical inactivity significantly affects disease burden and reduces the overall quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to a study from Losina et al. The researchers calculated the total quality-adjusted life-years lost for U.S. patients with OA due to inactivity.... [Read More]

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