Search results for: musculoskeletal disease

Patient Access to Electronic Health Records Yields Unexpected Results

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | October 1, 2014

Physicians find patients’ interaction with their digitized records can improve engagement, outcomes

Choosing Wisely: Recommendations from Medical Specialties Beyond Rheumatology

Kurt Ullman | October 1, 2014

Practice gems that may help rheumatologists avoid performing costly patient tests, procedures of limited use

Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes: Difficult to Recognize, Diagnose, Treat

Philip J. Hashkes, MD, MSc, & Ronald M. Laxer, MDCM, FRCPC | October 1, 2014

Two case studies demonstrate the difficulty, delay in recognizing this rare autoinflammatory disease

Hypersensitivity to Non-Painful Events May Be Part of Pathology in Fibromyalgia

Staff | September 16, 2014

New research shows that patients with fibromyalgia have hypersensitivity to non-painful events based on images of the patients’ brains, which show reduced activation in primary sensory regions and increased activation in sensory integration areas.

EULAR 2014: Shorten Delay for Access to Rheumatologic Patient Care

Thomas R. Collins | September 1, 2014

Rheumatologists, general practictioners discuss ways to improve their connection, remove barriers to patient care

Knee Replacement Offers Cardiovascular Benefits for Patients with Arthritis

Mary Beth Nierengarten | September 1, 2014

Knee arthroplasty may help prevent cardiovascular disease in patients with osteoarthritis; same-day bilateral surgery safe for select patients with rheumatoid arthritis