Research Rheum

New Compound Promotes Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury

Lara C. Pullen, PhD | January 30, 2015

Research suggests delivery of protein peptide can restore serotonergic innervation to spinal cord below level of injury; facilitate recovery of locomotor and urinary system function

Hepatitis C Virus Infection Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Lara C. Pullen, PhD | January 23, 2015

Research finds patients with chronic HCV infection more likely to develop RA, especially men

Shorter Antibiotic Therapy Effective for Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis

Lara C. Pullen, PhD | January 16, 2015

Six-week treatment regimen returns same results as 12 weeks in recent study, although researchers caution findings may not apply to all patients with vertebral osteomyelitis

Genetic Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis Merit More Research

Richard Quinn | January 2, 2015

New report determines additional risk factors need to be identified, studied before RA heritability can be fully explained

The ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Rheumatoid Arthritis Raises Mortality Risk in Women

Kathy Holliman | January 1, 2015

Data from Nurses’ Health Study, other clinical trials point to higher risk of respiratory, cardiovascular disease death in women with RA

2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Gaining Support

Kathy Holliman | January 1, 2015

Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute executives review PCORI’s funding, research focus and the importance of including patients as partners

2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Predicting Outcomes for Patients with Lupus Nephritis

Mary Beth Nierengarten | January 1, 2015

Better understanding of kidney inflammation and fibrosis in LN, along with finding novel disease biomarkers could help rheumatologists gauge patients’ response to therapy

2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Wellness Ultimate Goal in Rheumatology Patient Care

Susan Bernstein | January 1, 2015

Physician Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, shares his vision of genomics-driven, proactive, wellness-focused medicine in keynote address

Nurses’ Health Study Continues to Offer Valuable Patient Data

Susan Bernstein | January 1, 2015

Nurses’ cohort of 38 years provides wealth of patient information, research for rheumatologists

fMRI Provides Visual Evidence of Pain

Ann-Marie Lindstrom | January 1, 2015

Functional MRI scans that show how pain changes the brain could help rheumatologists develop better approaches to pain relief