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Data for Better Patient Care: As the RISE Registry Expands, So Do Its Ambitions

Thomas R. Collins  |  February 25, 2020

Learn what RISE has to offer and how it’s growing.

Filed under:Meeting Reports Tagged with:2019 ACR/ARP Annual MeetingRISE

Expert Says Vaccines Are Largely Safe for Rheumatology Patients

Thomas R. Collins  |  July 18, 2019

CHICAGO—Rheumatologists often come to Brian Schwartz, MD, associate professor of medicine and vice chief for clinical affairs in the Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, with a concern: A patient on immunosuppression has a family member who needs a live vaccine, but the patient may be vulnerable to the vaccine’s effects. Should…

Filed under:ConditionsPractice Support Tagged with:vaccinationvaccines

Paying Attention

Philip Seo, MD, MHS  |  July 18, 2019

I knew I was about to be schooled. That’s what I thought when I first started to read the Twitter feed of Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS, an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. I have a Twitter account, but as a general rule, I use it…

Filed under:OpinionProfessional TopicsRheuminationsSpeak Out Rheum Tagged with:gender balance

ACR Pushes for Increased DXA Reimbursement

Linda Childers  |  June 19, 2019

Broken hips are among the most serious injuries incurred by older adults, and many fractures are preventable. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 300,000 people over the age of 65 are hospitalized each year for hip fractures, with women (who have lower bone density than men) experiencing three-quarters of all…

Filed under:Legislation & Advocacy Tagged with:Dr. Chris Phillipsdual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)DXA reimbursement cutsFractureship fractureIncreasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act (S. 283)Ken Saag

Vaccines & Rheumatology Patients

Thomas R. Collins  |  June 12, 2019

Vaccines are often safe for rheumatology patients, but precautions may be needed, said Brian Schwartz, MD, at the 2019 ACR State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium…

Filed under:Conditions Tagged with:2019 State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposiumpatient carevaccinationvaccines

Mourning the Loss of NIAMS Director Stephen Katz, MD, PhD

Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, NIH Director  |  December 20, 2018

“It is with a profoundly heavy heart that I share with you the sad news that we have lost one of our most beloved leaders at NIH. Steve Katz, MD, PhD, the long-time director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), died early this morning after suffering a catastrophic stroke….

Filed under:Profiles Tagged with:KatzobituaryProfile

Researchers Release Proposed Lupus Criteria, & Pathogenesis Findings

Thomas R. Collins  |  September 20, 2018

AMSTERDAM—Newly proposed systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) classification criteria and new findings on SLE pathogenesis are two ways in which researchers and clinicians are getting a better grasp on the heterogeneous disease. The criteria and findings were discussed this June in a session at EULAR: the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology. ‘Paradigm Shift’ Sindhu Johnson, MD,…

Filed under:ConditionsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Tagged with:ANA titerClassification Criterialupus classification criteria

Critieria, Pathogenesis Highlight New Lupus Efforts

Natasha Yetman  |  August 22, 2018

Clinicians and researcher are gaining tools and insights into SLE, with newly proposed classification criteria and new findings on SLE pathogenesis presented at the 2018 EULAR: Annual European Congress of Rheumatology…

Filed under:ConditionsResearch RheumSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Tagged with:Classification CriteriacriteriaPathogenesisResearchsystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

Tips to Get Knee Replacement Patients to Increase Their Physical Activity

Linda Childers  |  July 19, 2018

Although total knee replacement (TKR) surgery can improve pain and function in individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA), many patients who are sedentary before undergoing TKR don’t increase their physical activity levels after surgery. A new study led by Elena Losina, PhD, of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, examined…

Filed under:ConditionsOsteoarthritis and Bone Disorders Tagged with:Exerciseknee replacementphysical activity

Social Media Connects, Informs Rheumatologists

Linda Childers  |  April 26, 2018

When Paul Sufka, MD, a rheumatologist with HealthPartners Medical Group and Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., wants to connect with his colleagues or keep abreast of the latest rheumatology journal articles, he turns to Twitter. Dr. Sufka is one of many rheumatologists who have found effective ways to incorporate social media into their medical…

Filed under:Education & Training Tagged with:communicationSocial MediaTwitter

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