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Malpractice Lawsuit Fear Provokes Defensive Medicine Response

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | July 1, 2014

Minimizing exposure to malpractice litigation has affected how physicians practice medicine

Rheumatology Drug Updates, Trials, Safety Data

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | June 1, 2014

Legislative news on biosimilars, safety warning on epidural corticosteroid injections, and other drug updates rheumatologists need to know

What’s New in Inflammatory Arthritis?

Thomas R. Collins | June 1, 2014

Rheumatology experts at the ACR’s State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium in Chicago discuss latest drug therapies, insights into axial spondyloarthritis and bone erosion, repair

Tacrolimus Aids Joint Remodeling in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Yuichi Nishioka, MD | May 22, 2014

When added to a regimen of low-dose methotrexate, the calcineurin inhibitor was found to increase bone formation in a patient with erosive RA.

Rheumatology Drug Updates, Trials, Safety Data

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | May 1, 2014

Information on oral anticoagulant apixaban, apremilast for active psoriatic arthritis, hyaluronic acid and methotrexate injections, and drug safety updates rheumatologists need to know

U.S. Bone and Joint Initiative Summit Examines Quality of Patient-Centered Musculoskeletal Care

Kurt Ullman | May 1, 2014

Physicians discuss definition, implementation of best clinical practices for patient care at multidisciplinary meeting last November

Speak Out Rheum: Are Independent Measures of Patient Satisfaction Reliable?

James T. Rosenbaum, MD | May 1, 2014

Patient survey questionnaires, metrics to gauge physician performance may not be trustworthy indicators of quality of patient care

Rheuminations: Ankylosing Spondylitis Sometimes Defies Detection

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | May 1, 2014

How method of diagnosing, treating this inflammatory back disease characterized by stiffness and the presence of HLA-B27 gene has evolved

Fellow’s Forum Case Report: Takayasu’s Arteritis

Ashwini Komarla, MD; Michael George, MD; Antoine Sreih, MD; & Chris Derk, MD, MS | May 1, 2014

How this rare form of large-vessel vasculitis affects different portions, branches of aorta and ways to diagnose, treat and manage the disease

Rheumatologists Make Progress Defining Spectrum of Axial Spondyloarthritis

Atul Deodhar, MD | May 1, 2014

New research clarifies terminology used for diagnosis, but questions remain around epidemiology, genetics and management of patients with axial skeletal inflammation