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Dermatology Case Question: May

Alisa Femia, MD, and Joseph F. Merola, MD | May 1, 2013

Test your diagnostic knowledge with this cutaneous eruption on the palms and soles

ACR 2014 Winter Rheumatology Symposium Keeps Tradition Alive

Susan Bernstein | May 1, 2013

Clinicians gather each year in Snowmass, Colo. to learn from top experts in rheumatic disease—and ski with them

Speak Out Rheum: How the U.K. and U.S. Healthcare Models Stack Up

Chris Deighton, MD | May 1, 2013

A national, socialized medical system has significant advantages over the often-fragmented, unequally distributed U.S. system of healthcare, says one rheumatologist

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

ACR Winter Rheumatology Symposium: New Kinase Inhibitors Show Promise

Staff | May 1, 2013

Toxicity and appropriate targeting are challenges for small molecule researchers

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

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

Prednisone Might be the Missing Ingredient in the American College of Rheumatology’s Recommendations for Treating Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

John Kirwan, MD | April 1, 2013

A combination therapy with glucocorticoids may be the gold standard for treating patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Is Predisone 3 mg/day an Appropriate Dose for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Theodore Pincus, MD | April 1, 2013

Long-term, low-dose prednisone at less than 5 mg/day appears tolerable and effective for many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Why Oral Corticosteroids Should Not be Used in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Anthony S. Russell, MA, MB, BCHIR | April 1, 2013

Steroid use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been linked to higher mortality rates, greater rate of infections, more cases of pneumonia, and serious gastrointestinal events