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Measuring Quality of Care Is Here to Stay—and the ACR Can Help

January 1, 2009 • By Staff

Imagine a patient comes into your office with active RA or lupus. You diagnose her and prescribe medications for her active disease—rash, arthritis, and so forth—but you do nothing to address possible long-term complications. You don’t prescribe calcium or vitamin D to prevent osteoporosis, you don’t get a bone density scan, and you don’t order labs to check risk factors for heart disease.... [Read More]

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

January 1, 2009 • By Staff

Patient Fact Sheet... [Read More]

A Sporting Chance

January 1, 2009 • By Gretchen Henkel

Injury prevention and management in young athletes can arrest long-term harm... [Read More]

Patient Fact Sheet: Rheumatoid Arthritis

November 1, 2008 • By From the College

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, is a chronic disease that causes pain, stiffness, swelling, and limitation in the motion and function of multiple joints. RA is classified as an autoimmune disease, which develops because certain cells of the immune system malfunction and attack healthy joints.... [Read More]

Curing Epidemics at the Strep Lab

November 1, 2008 • By Alton J. Morris, MD

A valuable early research education... [Read More]

Experts Debate Merits of Peripheral MRI in Diagnosing RA

November 1, 2008 • By Greg Lavine

New technology comes with a host of pros and cons... [Read More]

Get the Most Out of Joint Replacement

September 1, 2008 • By Marie D. Westby, BSc(PT)

Exercise can improve the outcomes in hip and knee replacement surgery... [Read More]

Fibromyalgia Conundrum

July 1, 2008 • By Manuel Martinez-Lavin, MD

Is scientific holism the answer?... [Read More]

Healthy Bones in Children

July 1, 2008 • By Virginia Hughes

Recent research provides insight into this important area of public health... [Read More]

Nonsurgical Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

May 1, 2008 • By From the College

Maura D. Iversen, PT, DPT, SD, MPH, of MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, will discuss the nonsurgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), epidemiology, and common symptoms associated with this condition during the ARHP rheumatology audioconference on Wednesday, May 21, from noon to 1:00 p.m. (EST). Iversen will provide a summary of nonpharmacologic and nonsurgical interventions to manage LSS—including a summary and evaluation of manual therapy techniques and exercise.... [Read More]