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The Role of Social Work in Patient-Centered Rheumatology Care

Jillian Rose, LMSW | December 1, 2013

Social workers’ ability to build trusted relationships with patients helps enhance care coordination and can improve patient outcomes

Doest Rheumatoid Arthritis Take a Toll?

By Richard M. Pope, MD | November 15, 2013

Exploring the Toll background

Under the Radar

Sarah Schafer, MD | November 1, 2013

A physician–patient’s experience with Sjögren’s syndrome

John F. Kennedy’s Odyssey in Search of Diagnosis

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | November 1, 2013

Myriad health conditions from back pain to gastrointestinal illness plagued the late president and baffled his physicians

Veteran Rheumatologist Takes Expedition Medicine Trip to Rural Nepal

Steven S. Overman, MD, MPH | October 1, 2013

Steven S. Overman, MD, MPH, shares medical knowledge, supplies, and clinical practice expertise with locals in rewarding visit to Nepal’s Upper Mustang region

Letters: Rheumatologists’ Role in Arthritis Support Groups

Naomi Creek | October 1, 2013

How physicians can help patients find social groups, the Arthritis Foundation, and online support services for people with arthritis

Speak Out Rheum: Under the Radar

Sarah Schafer, MD | September 10, 2013

A physician–patient’s experience with Sjögren’s syndrome

Rheumatology Drug Updates

Michele D. Kaufman, PharmD, BSc, RPh | September 1, 2013

Information on new approvals and medication safety that rheumatologists need to know

Fellow’s Forum Case Report: When Pulmonary Symptoms Point to Rheumatic Disease

Naina Rastalsky, MD | September 1, 2013

A 48-year-old man with diffuse arthralgias and acute respiratory failure is diagnosed with antisynthetase syndrome

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies May Benefit Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Staff | September 1, 2013

Acupuncture, mind-body therapy, and Chinese and Tibetan medicine may relieve pain and other symptoms of RA