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Without You, ACR REF Wouldn’t Be Here

From the College | January 1, 2010

In 1998, the ACR Research and Education Foundation (REF) funded a total of $500,000 in grants. This year, the REF funded more than $4.6 million in grants through its core portfolio, which is an increase of over $4 million in funding capabilities in just 10 years. The REF also achieved the distinction of becoming the second largest funding source—just behind the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—of rheumatology research and training programs in the United States and was recently awarded the prestigious four-star rating from Charity Navigator. These achievements could not have been realized without the generous financial support of REF donors.

Letters to the Editor: In Memoriam

The Rheumatologist | January 1, 2010

One more prescribing rule [See “Rheuminations,” September 2009, p. 6], honored mainly in the breach, in our overspending climate: don’t prescribe an expensive brand when generics are as good or better, especially Nexium (which I have never prescribed) versus omeprazole, Lipitor versus simvastatin (which now costs the VA three cents a pill), and—for rheumatologists who are writing 80% Uloric—allopurinol except for the 10% who might need Uloric.

ACR Online Tools for Learning and Teaching

Stanley B. Cohen, MD | January 1, 2010

The ACR is your source for online education

Is B a Key to Autoimmune Therapy?: B Cell-Targeted Therapies in Autoimmune Disease

Jennifer Anolik, MD, PhD | January 1, 2010

A perspective on B cell–targeted therapies in autoimmune disease

Reading Rheum

Staff | December 1, 2009

Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature

Documentation: Better Sooner Than Later

Staff | December 1, 2009

Do you want to save your practice time and money? Here’s a tip: Stay on top of documenting your patients’ records.

Building on Accomplishments

E. William St.Clair, MD | December 1, 2009

As I assume the presidency of the REF, I reflect on the accomplishments of the organization over the past two years, and I wish to thank my immediate predecessor, Leslie J. Crofford, MD, for her tremendous leadership. The achievements of the REF during her term have been truly impressive.

Multigenerational Staff: Conflicts and Opportunities

HealtheCareers.com | December 1, 2009

When we talk about diversity in the workplace, it’s usually assumed that we’re referring to workers’ divergent cultural, ethnic, and national backgrounds. But there’s another type of division in the workplace that has become a significant challenge for many managers: generational differences.

What Would Our Forefathers Think?

David S. Pisetsky, MD, PhD | December 1, 2009

ACR anniversary brings thoughts of the past to bear on today’s challenges

Sex Differences & Rheumatoid Arthritis

Tuulikki Sokka, MD, PhD | December 1, 2009

The beliefs versus the data