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Rheumatology Research Foundation Funds Study In Juvenile Arthritis

Staff | May 1, 2013

A Foundation grant is helping investigators develop tools to measure and describe disease activity in juvenile arthritis patients

ACR Winter Rheumatology Symposium: Answers to Your Tough Questions about Rheumatic Disease Therapy

Kimberly Retzlaff | May 1, 2013

Panelists discuss vaccination, biologics and infection, methotrexate, cardiovascular risk, and serial immunoglobulin testing and imaging

Fellow’s Forum Case Report: Diagnosing Antisynthetase Syndrome

Fawad Aslam, MBBS, and Elizabeth B. Russell, MD | May 1, 2013

A variable combination of interstitial lung disease, myopathy, fever, joint involvement, and mechanic’s hands characterize this systemic autoimmune syndrome

Rheumatology Drug Updates

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | May 1, 2013

Information on new approvals and medication safety that rheumatologists need to know

Ethics Forum: Patients’ Unplanned Pregnancies Present Counseling Issues for Rheumatologists

Bonnie L. Bermas, MD | May 1, 2013

What to consider when advising a pregnant patient with rheumatoid arthritis whose fetus has been exposed to teratogenic medications

Rheum After 5: Retired Rheumatologist Rides and Collects Antique Motorcycles

Carol Patton | May 1, 2013

Motorcycle enthusiast Paul Rochmis, MD, finds lure of metal, chrome, oil, and gasoline irresistible

Tech Talk: Contraption Reduces Pain of Rheumatic Therapy Injections

Thomas R. Collins | May 1, 2013

Innovative device called Buzzy applies high-frequency vibration sensation and cold to soothe sting of shots

Legal Updates: What Rheumatologists Should Consider Before Signing with an ACO

Steven M. Harris, Esq. | May 1, 2013

Medicare’s ACO physician exclusivity provisions may preclude participation in more than one accountable care organization

Sequester Affects Rheumatologists on Two Fronts—Medicare Reimbursement and Research Funding

Richard Quinn | April 18, 2013

Rheumatologists are already feeling two effects from Congress’ inability to solve sequestration: a 2% reduction in Medicare reimbursements and slashed funding for research financed by the National Institutes of Health.

Rheuminations: New Rules for Rheumatologists

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | April 1, 2013

Transparent hospital costs, salary caps for senior hospital executives, and no more faxes top one rheumatologist’s wish list for revised healthcare rules