Because back pain is a chronic condition for many patients, rheumatologists are urged to increase their understanding of the common problems of the lumbar spine.
The Foundation’s new president shares his vision for research funding, fellowship training & securing the future of the rheumatology workforce pipeline.
Explore a rheumatologist’s journey to break a soda habit & how it reshaped his clinical approach to patient counseling, craving & the psychology of change.
Following a five-year term as editor in chief of Arthritis Care & Research (AC&R), Kelli Allen, PhD, is beginning another five-year stint with the journal, but now as co-editor in chief (co-EiC) with Daniel K. White, PT, ScD, who had formerly served as an AC&R associate editor. Dr. Allen is professor of medicine in the…
With funding support from the CDC, in this ACR initiative, rheumatology fellows in training deliver lupus education sessions to medical personnel & rheumatologists connect with medical colleagues in underserved rural areas.
Alan. H. Mallace, MD, FACR, looks back at a half-century of practicing rheumatology & looks ahead to what the future might hold for fellows starting out today.
Lupus has always had a reputation for being a wild, unrestrained and enigmatic entity. In fact, the very name lupus comes from the Latin word for wolf, a gift from our Roman predecessors who saw a resemblance between lupus rashes and a wolf’s bite. Given the limitations of immunology back then, it is an incredibly…