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New Treatment Paradigm Suggested for Osteoarthritis

Catherine Kolonko | May 1, 2013

Multidisciplinary group advocates for healthcare model to identify those at risk of developing OA or who have early stage disease

Why Universal Access to Healthcare Isn’t a Constitutional Right, It’s Just Plain Fair

Richard Brasington, MD | March 1, 2013

One rheumatologist forms his opinion on the topic while fly fishing on rivers in Missouri

ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: Physicians Find Treatment Options Limited for Scleroderma Bowel Disease

Thomas R. Collins | March 1, 2013

With few proven medical treatments for scleroderma bowel disease, physicians often recommend a lifestyle change for patients as a first treatment option

Legal Updates: As Opioids for Pain Treatment Come Under Greater Scrutiny, Controlled Substance Agreements Matter More

Steven M. Harris, Esq. | March 1, 2013

These contracts can communicate a physician’s expectations for a pain treatment plan and guidelines for safe use by their patients

Two Inflammatory Conditions—Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis—Share Clinical Connection

William P. Docken MD | March 1, 2013

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) have common clinical and epidemiologic links, but they need not occur synchronously

How to Evaluate Shoulder Pain

Nitin B. Jain, MD, MSPH | February 2, 2013

The common causes of shoulder pain and diagnostic tests that rheumatologists need to know

The ARHP Honors Health Professionals for their Contributions to Rheumatology

Richard Quinn | February 1, 2013

The ARHP recognized individuals for their work in advancing rheumatology research, education, and patient care at the organizations’ annual meeting in Washington, D.C. last November

What Mick Jagger Can Teach Us About Growing Old Gracefully

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | February 1, 2013

Preventive lifestyle behaviors, including regular exercise, can compress morbidity and disability to the very end of our lives, say rheumatologists

A Spotlight on IgG4-Related Disease

Emine Atac, MD, and John H. Stone, MD, MPH | January 1, 2013

What rheumatologists need to know about identifying and diagnosing immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD)

Was Gout Rampant Among the Romans?

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | January 1, 2013

Lead in wine consumed by Romans may have contributed to a high incidence of gout among aristocrats of the Roman Empire