Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. —Mother Goose I feel like a female Humpty Dumpty. Recently I took a great fall, and now I am in the process of being put together again. I was… [Read More]
Radiographic imaging showed circumferential soft tissue swelling of the ankle with a soft-tissue density seen in the tibiotalar and posterior subtalar joints, as well as a large, lobulated effusion. MRI of the left ankle shows cystic changes within the talus and first cuneiform bones, as well as a lobulated abnormal soft tissue density with low… [Read More]
Ankle arthritis is a debilitating condition that leaves many patients in severe pain and greatly limits their activities. Until recently, the standard treatment for bone-on-bone ankle pain has been ankle fusion, or arthrodesis, in which surgeons literally fuse the bones of the ankle joint together. However, in the past few years, total ankle replacement surgery,… [Read More]
High health insurance deductibles, physician charges, medication expenses spur patients to seek less costly lab testing, surgical procedures, prescription drugs... [Read More]
Overview of OA pathogenesis, recent discoveries suggest new treatment strategies are possible... [Read More]
Sarah Troxell, RN, BSN, imparts what she’s learned about RA and medication management, assembling a team of health professionals and battling other health issues... [Read More]
Transparent hospital costs, salary caps for senior hospital executives, and no more faxes top one rheumatologist’s wish list for revised healthcare rules... [Read More]
Novel strategies for treating osteoarthritis aim to relieve pain, rebuild or replenish deteriorated cartilage and bone, or to replace the joint through surgery... [Read More]
Studying factors that may lead to life-threatening comorbidities such as lymphoma and thrombosis could give rheumatologists clearer direction on treating patients with SLE... [Read More]
Meet this international organization that focuses on rheumatology outcome measures... [Read More]