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Tips for Myositis Management

Thomas R. Collins | March 19, 2013

Differentiating between subgroups of myositis is a diagnostic challenge for physicians, but using some guiding principles can be helpful,

ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: Risk of Immunosuppression from Rheumatic Disease Therapies Poses Challenge for Rheumatologists

Susan Bernstein | March 1, 2013

Therapies can raise patients’ risk of contracting tuberculosis or other infectious diseases, complicating treatment

Two Inflammatory Conditions—Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis—Share Clinical Connection

William P. Docken MD | March 1, 2013

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) have common clinical and epidemiologic links, but they need not occur synchronously

ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: Immunosuppressed Rheumatic Disease Patients Still Candidates for Vaccines

Thomas R. Collins | February 1, 2013

People with rheumatic diseases can be considered to receive flu and pneumococcal vaccines even if they’re on immunosuppressive drugs

The ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting Provides Look Back at History of Rheumatology

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | November 1, 2012

The annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology and Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals’ (ACR/ARHP) provide an opportunity to rewind through the history of rheumatology, and spotlight the speciality’s future

What Rheumatologists Should Look for in Diagnosing SAPHO Syndrome

Richard Brasington, MD | November 1, 2012

SAPHO syndrome (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis) is an obscure condition that can vex patients and clinicians

Life, Happiness, and the Pursuit of Rheumatology

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | September 5, 2012

What makes rheumatologists such a happy group?

Coding Corner Question: August Coding Challenge

Staff | August 8, 2012

A 43-year-old female established patient diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis comes to the office for her first infliximab infusion.

Inflammatory Myopathies in Children

Angela Byun Robinson, MD, and Ann M. Reed, MD | July 10, 2012

Treatment options and recent research for juvenile dermatomyositis.

Advocating for Rheumatology: A Patient’s Perspective

Tami Brown | June 10, 2012

I have made it my personal goal to ensure that future patients don’t have to go through the same uncertainty and delayed treatment that I went through.