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ACR’s Lupus Initiative Advances Education Around Diagnosing, Treating Disease

Joseph Flood, MD  |  

Online progam boasts continuing medical education, learning curriculum for healthcare professionals and students, as well as a smartphone app to help patients track their symptoms

2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Diagnostic,Treatment Approaches Evolve for Kawasaki Disease

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New data examine infliximab as a treatment option, and updated diagnostic criteria aids physicians in recognizing KD and detecting cardiac involvement in patients

Parents Give Back after Watching Daughter’s Struggle with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

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Diagnosis prompts Steve and Debbie Russell to support the Rheumatology Research Foundation

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

Jonathan S. Hausmann, MD  |  

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: Genetic Research Yields Clues to Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis

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Studies determine that both RA and PsA are autoimmune diseases and link disease susceptibility to certain alleles that encode the major histocompatibility complex, HLA

How Obamacare Is Expected to Impact Rheumatologists and Their Patients

Bryn Nelson, PhD  |  

Provisions of the Affordable Care Act may affect Medicare patient co-pays for high-priced drugs, alleviate the shortage of pediatric rheumatologists, and encourage greater coordination among specialty providers

What the Affordable Care Act Means for Rheumatology

Bryn Nelson, PhD  |  

Expected to flood the healthcare system with an influx of insured patients, Obamacare will likely exacerbate physician shortages, worsen capacity issues for many rheumatologists, and pressure providers to deliver a measurable quality of care, but analysts say rheumatology patients will benefit from expanded insurance coverage options

Childhood-onset Lupus Brings Distinct Challenges at Each Phase of Life

Deborah M. Levy, MD, MS  |  

Differences in disease manifestations, severity, and management require special consideration from rheumatologists who treat children and adolescents with systemic lupus erythematosus