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U.S. Bans Another Indian Drug Plant over Production Quality

Reuters Staff  |  

MUMBAI (Reuters)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned imports from another India-based drug manufacturing plant over quality control concerns, making it the 10th site in the country this year to face such action. The FDA’s import alert on Mumbai-based Polydrug Laboratories Pvt Ltd’s Ambernath manufacturing plant comes two months after Canada banned the…

Rheumatologist Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD, Pursues Rural Dream

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How are Annie and Abby? That’s a question some patients ask J. Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD, a rheumatologist and assistant professor in the school of medicine at the University of Michigan, who also runs a lupus research lab at the University of Michigan Health System. Patients aren’t asking about her children, but family members of…

New Recommendations Support Effective Use of Telemedicine in Primary Care

Will Boggs, MD  |  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued a baker’s dozen of recommendations intended to guide the effective use of telemedicine in primary care settings. “The recommendations balance the potential benefits and expanded use of telemedicine with the importance of maintaining the patient-physician relationship and patient safety,” Hilary Daniel from American College…

Small Grants Fund Physical Activity to Combat OA

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To increase access to community-based physical activity for arthritis patients, the Osteoarthritis Action Alliance has awarded funding to three programs designed to implement evidence-based physical activity programs and osteoarthritis education in their communities…

RA Diagnosis Uses Lab Tests, Clinical Insight to Rule Out Lyme

Charles Radis, DO  |  

What struck me first as I walked by the exam room where Lynn P. sat was the swelling in her fingers and wrists. The bloated hands rested unnaturally on her thighs, palms up, fingers slightly flexed. Her strawberry-blond curls were offset by a high-neck, loose-fitting, burgundy sweater. Her pale skin matched her trim slacks. She had…

Heart Rate Variability to Predict Treatment Response in Patients with RA

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A growing understanding of the immuno­modulatory effect of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) is edging closer to having clinical applications that could one day benefit patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Researchers pursuing this as an alternative path to biomarkers are investigating whether autonomic status can be used to predict response to therapy. Seattle-area rheumatologist and…

CareFirst Sees More Than Doubled Savings on Shared Rewards with Doctors

Susan Kelly  |  

(Reuters)—Insurer CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield said on Thursday its cost savings on providing healthcare rose sharply last year in a program that rewards doctors for keeping patients out of the hospital. The non-profit health insurer operates an approach to delivering care that emphasizes coordination among providers, led by a patient’s primary care physician. The model is…

Maintaining Board Certification Has High Hidden Cost

Will Boggs, MD  |  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) maintenance-of-certification (MOC) program could cost $5.7 billion in physicians’ time and fees over the next decade, according to a new model study. “We estimate that physicians will spend 33 million hours over 10 years to fulfill MOC requirements,” Dr. Dhruv S. Kazi from the University…