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Diagnose, Manage and Treat Giant Cell Arteritis

Gretchen Henkel | July 1, 2014

A rheumatologist at the California Rheumatology Alliance 10th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting in San Francisco shares research findings on this inflammatory blood vessel disease

How to Manage Physician Burnout

Vanessa Caceres | July 1, 2014

Stress-coping techniques for physicians under strain of healthcare industry changes

Rheumatologists May Help Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Overcome Obstacles to Sex

David C. Holzman | July 1, 2014

By asking about their sexual relationships, rheumatologists can improve quality of patients’ love lives

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

Why Farber Disease May Be Misdiagnosed as Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Boris Hugle, MD, MSc, Laura Mueller & Thierry Levade, MD, PhD | June 1, 2014

A case study reveals how late presentation of this rare, autosomal-recessive disorder, which can involve arthritis-like symptoms, can be mistaken for JIA

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

7 Things Ophthalmologists Want Rheumatologists to Know

Vanessa Caceres | May 1, 2014

Careful collaboration is key to treating patients with rheumatic or inflammatory diseases that affect the eyes

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