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Los Angeles Hospital Paid Hackers $17,000 Ransom in Bitcoins

Reuters Staff | February 20, 2016

(Reuters)—The president of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center said on Wednesday that his hospital paid hackers a ransom of $17,000 in bitcoins to regain control of their computer systems after a cyber attack. Allen Stefanek said in a statement that paying the ransom was the “quickest and most efficient way” of regaining access to the affected…

What Listening to Lungs Might Teach About Rheumatic Disease

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | February 17, 2016

One of your first clinical assignments as a medical student was likely to have been the lung exam. Its key descriptors may still resonate in your mind: inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation. Proudly parading down the hospital corridors, your newly purchased stethoscope snugly tucked inside your lab coat pocket, you carefully place its cold metal…

APS: What Rheumatologists Should Know about Hughes Syndrome

Graham R.V. Hughes, MD, FRCP | February 17, 2016

The problem that dogs the work of all of those treating patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is the apparent lack of knowledge of the syndrome, both by the general public, as well as by swaths of the medical fraternity. Perhaps it was ever thus—a syndrome less than 40 years old could be described as new,…

2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Behçet’s Disease Poses Diagnosis, Treatment Challenges

Thomas R. Collins | February 16, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO—Behçet’s disease is a vasculitis that can be hard to pin down, with a wide variety of manifestations, many of which overlap with other auto-inflammatory conditions, an expert said at a clinical review course at the 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting. The most common feature is oral ulcers, which are expected to be seen at…

Diagnostic Imaging in Lupus Patient with Foot Pain: Findings

Cianna Leatherwood, MD, & Derrick J. Todd, MD, PhD | January 19, 2016

View the question. Findings/Diagnosis An anteroposterior (AP) radiograph of the right foot shows hallux valgus of the first metatarsal phalangeal (MTP) joint, erosive changes at the first and fifth metatarsal bones and degenerative changes at the fourth and fifth metatarsal-cuboid joints. An AP radiograph of the left foot shows extensive erosive and degenerative changes at…

Healthcare Investors Brace for Busy Week as U.S. Conference Kicks Off

Lewis Krauskopf | January 11, 2016

(Reuters)—Healthcare investors can expect a volatile week starting on Monday when the sector’s biggest financial event hits San Francisco. The annual JP Morgan healthcare conference, in which many healthcare companies present product and financial news to would-be investors, has been credited for helping the January out-performance of the healthcare sector in recent years. But after…

Clues to Diagnosing, Managing Vanishing Aneurysms

Taral Parikh, MD, G.C. Yathish, MD, Parikshit Sagdeo, MD, Balakrishnan Canchi, MD, & Gurmeet Mangat, MD | December 16, 2015

Case report: A 27-year-old male was referred to the rheumatology outpatient department in February 2015 from the urology department after complaining of recent-onset uncontrolled hypertension (220/160 mmHg), headache and vomiting. In 2010, he was admitted to the urologist for sudden-onset left lumbar region pain and recent-onset hypertension. Clinical examination and the blood tests were normal….

Rheumatologists Remember Dr. Engleman, Pioneer, Leader, ‘Full Human Being’

Gretchen Henkel | December 16, 2015

Two years ago, at the age of 102, rheumatologist Ephraim P. Engleman, MD, FACR, FACP, published a memoir, My Century, in which he detailed his personal and professional accomplishments, as well as his secrets to longevity. With his characteristic sense of humor, Dr. Engleman noted that the first secret to a long life is to…

FDA Approves Drug to Counter Opioid ODs

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | December 9, 2015

The FDA recently approved a form of naloxone hydrochloride in a nasal spray that will help counter opioid overdoses. The FDA also approved an ibuprofen injection as an adjunct to opioids for use in children 6 months and older…

Sjögrens Syndrome: The Need to Bridge Patient Symptoms & Objective Findings

Robert I. Fox, MD, PhD, & Carla M. Fox, RN | November 17, 2015

Despite a generation of advances in molecular biology, a huge gap exists between the Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) patient’s description of their symptoms and the objective findings. Current issues include: Many SS patients are misclassified as either rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), even within rheumatology clinics. Frequently, the sickest SS patients with extraglandular…