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ACR Honors U.S. Sen. Susan Collins

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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is the recipient of the ACR’s 2018 Award for Public Leadership in Rheumatology. Sen. Collins has championed several pieces of legislation that support rheumatologists and rheumatology patients, and she has taken part in multiple efforts to address ongoing concerns in rheumatology. “Sen. Collins has consistently worked both sides of the aisle…

Mirtazapine Ineffective for Fibromyalgia

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Mirtazapine has been prescribed off-label to fibromyalgia patients who have not responded to other treatments. However, a recent systemic review found no difference between mirtazapine and placebo for these patients, and any potential benefits from mirtazapine may not outweigh its potential harm, including drowsiness, weight gain and liver damage…

ARHP Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Christina H. Opava, PhD, RPT

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CHICAGO—Christina H. Opava, PhD, RPT, is the recipient of the 2018 ARHP Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented (along with the other ACR and ARHP awards) during the opening session of the 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting on Oct. 20. “Receiving this award is an immense honor,” she tells The Rheumatologist. “My first thought was that…

Are Bending & Lifting Associated with Lumbosacral Radiculopathy Syndrome?

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Patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy syndrome (LRS) may wonder if physicality of their jobs contributed to the development of their symptoms. A recent systematic review sought to identify LRS work-related risk factors. Researchers found that bending and lifting of the trunk, both alone and in combination, may contribute to LRS…

Heart of a Champion: The 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting Kicks Off with Dramatic Keynote

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“You’re probably going to die tonight. You should call your family.” Jonathan Koch, president and CCO of Asylum Entertainment LLC, told his touching and inspiring story of mysterious illness, resilience and recovery in the keynote presentation of the 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting.

Dr. Chris Phillips Competes in Triathlons

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“I think I’m mentally sharper when I have been exercising and taking care of myself,” says Chris Phillips, MD, a rheumatologist in solo practice in Paducah, Ky. Dr. Phillips has recognized these benefits since high school, when he began participating in competitive sports. Four years ago, Dr. Phillips was competing against 40 other cyclists in…

Study Sees Improvement in OA Patients Who Received Ayurvedic Therapy

Elizabeth Hofheinz, MPH, MEd  |  

Mounting evidence suggests that humans have a complex and integrated mind-body system. Knee problems may affect the spine and other body parts, but also the mind—and vice versa. This is the wisdom of Ayurveda, the 3,000-year-old traditional medicine from India. A team of researchers from Germany recently undertook a study, titled “Effectiveness of an Ayurveda…

Study Finds Correlations Between Synovial Tissue & Gene Expression

Larry Beresford  |  

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be typed, grouped and categorized in different ways, and subgroup identification could help guide future research and treatment strategies based on which subtypes respond to which treatment. A new study explored an approach associating gene expression profiling with histologic analysis of synovium samples to define RA subtypes and then examined how…