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An official publication of the ACR and the ARP serving rheumatologists and rheumatology professionals

Research Rheum

Reading Rheum

Maripat Corr, MD; Daniel Hal Solomon, MD, MPH  |  

Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature

2008 ARHP Graduate Student Award

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If you work in the field of rheumatology, you know the importance of mentoring students who show interest in the field. With the many specialty options presented to healthcare students, it is of vital importance to open the door to rheumatology.

Take the Measure of Osteoarthritis

Nicholas Bellamy, MBChB, MD, MSc, MBA, DSc  |  

The WOMAC index standardized OA status measurement, as described by its creator

Th17 Cells Explained

Virginia Hughes  |  

The new kids on the block have rheumatologic ramificatons

Preceptorship Applications Due February 1

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The ACR REF/Abbott Health Professional Graduate Student Research Preceptorship introduces students to rheumatology-related healthcare by supporting a graduate student’s full-time research in the broad area of rheumatic disease.

2008 Keystone Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium

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In 1976, a group of rheumatologists convened in Park City, Utah, to discuss the rheumatic diseases of childhood. In many ways, this was the beginning of the pediatric rheumatology subspecialty in the United States.

Increase NIH Funding, Participate in Advocates for Arthritis

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The ACR consistently urges Congress to support issues relating to rheumatologists, rheumatology health professionals, and patients. The primary advocacy goals are: supporting of the “Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2007” (H.R.1283/S.626) and the “Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007” (H.R.1293/S.1338), finding a permanent solution to the Medicare reimbursement issue, and increasing funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—including the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases—and other agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Medical and Prosthetic Research Program.

Reading Rheum

Maripat Corr, MD  |  

Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature