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Expansion of Mobile Health Apps Makes Physicians’ Job Easier

Thomas R. Collins | April 2, 2014

Rheumatologists choose, review top mobile health devices

Methotrexate May Mitigate Inflammatory Bone Disease Note Experts at the ACR/ARHP Winter Rheumatology Symposium

Kimberly Retzlaff | April 2, 2014

By regulating molecules key to osteoclast/osteoblast processes, methotrexate may reduce bone destruction in inflammatory arthritis, osteolysis, especially in combination with adenosine

Rheumatology Drug Updates

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | March 1, 2014

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

Research Reveals Clues Into Inflammatory Process of Crystal Arthropathies Note Experts at the 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

Susan Bernstein | March 1, 2014

New studies clarify the roles of monosodium urate crystals in gout, calcium pyrophosphate crystals in osteoarthritis, and identify more effective potential therapies for patients

Pharmacy-based Arthritis Screening Debuts in Canada

Kurt Ullman | February 1, 2014

Co-sponsored program between the Ministry of Health and pharmacy chain tasks pharmacists with screening people for knee osteoarthritis

Fellow’s Forum Case Report: Arthritis, Fever, and Weight Loss In a Teenager Suggest A Rheumatic Condition

Jonathan S. Hausmann, MD | January 1, 2014

Joint pain and swelling flare up in a 14-year-old boy who tests positive for inflammation, thrombocytosis, and human leukocyte antigen B27

2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Health Professionals In the Spotlight

Richard Quinn | January 1, 2014

ARHP members are honored with awards for research, education, advocacy, and patient care in rheumatology

Rheuminations: Why the Obesity Epidemic Should Matter to Rheumatologists

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | January 1, 2014

As changes in diet and eating habits have caused obesity rates to soar, research into the metabolic syndrome suggests obesity may be a form of a low-grade inflammatory state

Fellow’s Forum Case Report: New Sarcoidosis Cases in Patients Treated with Tumor Necrosis Factor–Alpha Inhibitors

Jonida Cote, DO, Thomas Harrington, MD, Alicia Meadows, DO, Fan Lin, MD, and Androniki Bili, MD, MPH | November 1, 2013

Two patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with TNF-alpha inhibitor therapy develop the multisystem disease

John F. Kennedy’s Odyssey in Search of Diagnosis

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | November 1, 2013

Myriad health conditions from back pain to gastrointestinal illness plagued the late president and baffled his physicians