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NIH Director Addresses Gathering of Experts on Autoimmune Diseases

Richard Quinn  |  November 10, 2015

NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, is working to improve funding for research into new treatments for lupus and RA through the Accelerating Medicines Partnership, a coalition of private and public partners identifying and validating promising biological targets for therapeutics…

Filed under:ConditionsRheumatoid ArthritisSystemic Lupus Erythematosus

The Lupus Initiative Receives 5-Year CDC Grant

American College of Rheumatology  |  October 28, 2015

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) The Lupus Initiative (TLI) with a five-year grant to support the development of a national, grassroots program targeting primary care providers, persons with undiagnosed Lupus and rheumatology health care providers. The program will have three components: Immediate dissemination of…

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BMI Feasible As Pre-Screening Tool for Osteoporosis in Women

Larry Hand  |  October 24, 2015

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—A body mass index (BMI) of less than 28 alone may be a tool to prescreen younger postmenopausal women for osteoporosis, according to a new study. “For young postmenopausal white women aged 50–64, current prescreening modalities identifying candidates for DXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) scan … are not performing better than BMI alone,”…

Filed under:ConditionsOsteoarthritis and Bone Disorders Tagged with:BMIFracturesOsteoporosispostmenopauseWomen

Celiac Disease in Pediatric Patients

Richard Quinn  |  October 21, 2015

A retrospective study shows that some patients presenting for pediatric rheumatology evaluation test positive for celiac disease—some without showing any gastrointestinal manifestations. Treatment includes a gluten-free diet…

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Legalities of Telemedicine

Kathy Holliman, MEd  |  October 15, 2015

A brief has been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court that, if the court decides to hear the case, could have wide-ranging implications for online medical care and the limits of a physician’s First Amendment right to free speech. Medical Advice Via e-Mail Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Jeff Rowes filed the brief at the…

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Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: A Valuable Tool for Diagnosing Rheumatic Illnesses

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: A Valuable Tool for Diagnosing Rheumatic Illnesses

Khushboo Sheth, MBBS, & Christopher Scola, MD  |  October 15, 2015

Musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound is a valuable imaging modality for the practicing rheumatologist and provides an efficient tool with high diagnostic value in the evaluation of patients with musculoskeletal complaints. The use of MSK ultrasound has evolved in the U.S. due to the emergence of less-expensive, portable ultrasound units, which provide high-quality gray-scale and power Doppler…

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Rheumatologist Robert H. Shmerling, MD, Volunteers Time for Children Affected by Domestic Violence

Carol Patton  |  October 14, 2015

On any Thursday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., you can find Robert H. Shmerling, MD, playing tag, basketball or even roughhousing with a group of children at Second Step, a transitional living program that offers victims of domestic violence in the Boston area a safe place to live and opportunities to go back to…

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Opinion: Insurance Companies Use Medically and Fiscally Irresponsible Formularies

Bruce Rothschild, MD  |  October 14, 2015

Receipt of an unsolicited communication that a sweepstakes award has been won may con some people (especially, but not limited to, those underprivileged or undereducated as to legalities), but can’t fool all of the people all of the time. The names of the organizations and products involved are often marketing tool inventions, which imply special…

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Interdisciplinary Collaboration at Wash U Advances Understanding of Immunology, Rheumatology

Gretchen Henkel  |  October 14, 2015

In June 2014, 10 members of a church group returned to St. Louis from Haiti, where they had contracted chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus previously unknown in the Western hemisphere that produces inflammatory arthritis symptoms. Because CHIKV-related arthritis mimics seronegative RA, a group of clinicians, immunologists, virologists and geneticists at the Washington University in…

Filed under:ConditionsOther Rheumatic ConditionsProfessional TopicsResearch Rheum Tagged with:CHIKVclinical trialscontracted chikungunya virusImmunologyoutcomeResearchrheumatology

FDA Issues Stronger Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) Warning

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, CGP, RPh  |  October 14, 2015

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has toughened the existing warnings for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) due to their stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) risk increase.1 Due to a continual review of these products, FDA is requiring label updates for all prescription NSAIDs. Over-the-counter (OTC) NSAIDs already list the increased risk of MI and…

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