Examining the psychological and health-related comorbidities of rheumatoid arthritis patients with depression
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American College of Rheumatology Award Provides Researchers Time for Career Development
The ACR Research and Education Foundation (REF) initiated the ACR REF Rheumatology Investigator Award, which supports junior investigators as they are developing a project that will compete for NIH funding.
The Role of the Social Worker in the Management of Rheumatic Disease
Although social work involvement is far more common in the pediatric world of rheumatology, the role social workers play in the clinic can also be beneficial to adult patients.
Help Patients Help Themselves
Learn motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral tools that can guide patients to improve their health
The Science of MDHAQ/RAPID3 Scores
Do patient self-reports provide valid data for evidence-based care in rheumatology practice?
Back Pain and the Role of the Physical Therapist
Back pain is a common occurrence, so much so that most adults will have at least one episode of back pain at some point in their lives. Fortunately, most of these episodes last only a few days and resolve if patients maintain normal activity levels, avoid the detrimental effects of too much bed rest, use over-the-counter pain relievers with caution, and seek the attention of a health professional if the pain or other symptoms persist or worsen over time.
A&R and AC&R Abstracts: Pain in RA
For further reading
Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Out from the shadow of inflammation
It Takes All Kinds
A look at the rheumatology practice team
Pain Perspective in Scleroderma
Systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma) is a disease in which inflammatory and fibrotic changes result in overproduction and accumulation of collagen and other extracellular matrix proteins, resulting in intimal vascular damage, fibrosis, and occasionally organ dysfunction affecting the gastrointestinal, lung, heart, and renal systems. There are two classifications of SSc—limited cutaneous or CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud’s, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangectasias) syndrome, where skin thickening occurs mainly in the distal extremities and facial/neck areas and internal organ involvement, if present, occurs later in the disease process; and diffuse cutaneous disease where there is a more rapid progression of skin thickening from distal to proximal and organ involvement can be severe and occur early in the disease. As noted by various authors, there is no “crystal ball” into which one can look to see the outcome of the disease, and involvement varies significantly from one person to the next.