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Ethics Forum: The Ethical Pitfalls of Clinical Trials

Robert H. Shmerling, MD | April 6, 2012

Your patient is deciding whether to enroll in a clinical trial at your institution and wants your advice about whether to participate.

First ARHP ‘Best of the Meeting’ Highlights Sleep Research, Osteoporosis Screening, More

Kathleen Louden | March 8, 2012

“The line between ACR and ARHP sessions has totally blurred,” said Donah Zack Crawford, MA, during the presentation, “Highlights from the 2011 ARHP Sessions,” here at the 2011 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting held in Chicago in November 2011.

A Journey Begins with the First Step

David I. Daikh, MD, PhD | March 8, 2012

The ACR Research and Education Foundation (REF) has launched the Action Alliance network, a program that calls on rheumatologists, investigators, and health professionals to join the REF in asking patients and families to be a part of the conversation. The Action Alliance consists of two programs working together: From the Field Speakers Bureau and Patients and Families for Progress.

ACR’s Advocacy Toolkit

Staff | March 8, 2012

Ways to contact your member of Congress; tips for communicating with your member of Congress; ways to get patients involved; and donloadable briefs, posters, and brochures.

Susac’s Syndrome: Confusion, Expressive Aphasia, Gait Instability

Candace H. Feldman, MD, MPH, Gwendolyn Kane-Wagner, MD | March 8, 2012

A 49-year-old man presented to the hospital with confusion, dysarthria, expressive aphasia, and progressive gait instability.

Information on New Drug Approvals and Medication Safety

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | March 8, 2012

Rheumatology-related drug safety, approvals, and what’s in the pipeline.

How to Retire from Your Medical Practice

Steven M. Harris, Esq. | March 8, 2012

If you are a physician nearing retirement, it is important that you plan, discuss, and make contractual agreements that will allow you to accomplish your goals and changing needs.

Challenges and Rewards of a Physician Executive Career

Catherine Kolonko | February 3, 2012

The job of a physician executive offers a different set of challenges for rheumatologists familiar with research and patient care.

A Comparison of the Canadian and U.S. Healthcare Systems

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | February 3, 2012

The joys and the hazards of the Canadian single-payer universal healthcare program Canadian and the high-capacity and costly U.S. healthcare system.

A Patient’s Perspective on RA

Lisa C. Glavish | February 3, 2012

I was diagnosed in April 2010, at 44 years old, with seropositive RA; the disease rapidly turned my life upside down.