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Speak Out Rheum: Racism’s Impact on Patient-Provider Relationships

Mia Taylor Chandler, MD, MPH  |  

“I tell everyone who comes into her room now, ‘You will not disrespect my daughter again. No one will,’” recounts Sarah’s mother. “Every time a [provider] acts rude to her, Sarah tells me, ‘Ma, I’m used to it now,’ and I have to insist ‘No! Baby, you should never get used to that.’ … Dr….

OA Prevalence Primarily on the Rise

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Background & Objectives Worldwide, osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent, chronic joint disease that causes pain, disability and loss of function. Global trends demonstrated an increase of more than 100% in years lived with disability due to OA from 1990 to 2019. However, no nonsurgical intervention exists to prevent, halt or even delay OA progression….

Rheumatologists & Oculoplastic Surgeons Form Unique Partnership in Oregon

James T. Rosenbaum, MD,* Shravani Mikkilineni, MD, MBA, Hadi Khazaei, MD, Davin C. Ashraf, MD, & John D. Ng, MD, MS, FACS  |  

When my daughter was a second-year internal medicine resident at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, she called me excitedly one evening. “Dad,” she reported, “I think I saw the optic nerve for the first time today with an ophthalmoscope.” I suppose I should have shared her exuberance, except that when I went to medical school, a…

Advocacy Leadership Conference: Reflections from an Accidental Rheumatology Advocate

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At my first Advocacy Leadership Conference as a member of the ACR’s Insurance Subcommittee, I discovered the power of stories from the clinic and how lawmakers value clinicians’ input on healthcare legislation.

Intra-Articular Steroid/Lidocaine Injection Improves Hip Arthritis Pain, Function

Reuters Staff  |  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—A single injection into the hip of steroid and local anesthetic improved pain and function in patients with hip osteoarthritis in a randomized controlled trial, with most of the benefit seen early after treatment. Researchers at two community-based clinics in England assigned 199 volunteers to receive either an ultrasound guided intra-articular hip…

Common Misconceptions Clarified: Ankylosing Spondylitis & Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis

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At the 17th Annual Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of the Rheumatic Diseases meeting at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Atul Deodhar, MD, discussed ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis & clarified common misconceptions about these conditions.

Searching for a Cure for OA: RheumMadness 2022 Dog OA Scouting Report

Ohio State University Rheumatology Fellowship Program: Nina Couette, DO; Jesse Reisner, DO; & Sheryl Mascarenhas, MD, Fellowship Program Director  |  

Editor’s note: RheumMadness is the place for everyone crazy about rheumatology to connect, collaborate, compete and learn together. During RheumMadness, rheumatology concepts represent teams that compete against each other in a tournament, much like basketball teams do in the NCAA’s March Madness tournament. In a series for The Rheumatologist, readers will get a chance to…

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Clinical Insights into Axial Spondyloarthritis: Rheumatology Drugs at a Glance, Part 5

Mary Choy, PharmD, BCGP, FASHP  |  

Over the past few years, biosimilars and other new drugs have been introduced to treat rheumatic illnesses. Some of the conditions we treat have numerous drug options; others have few or only off-label options. This series, Rheumatology Drugs at a Glance, provides streamlined information on the administration of biologic, biosimilar and other medications used to…