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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

Tackle Tricky Lung Complications in Connective Tissue Disease

Susan Bernstein | February 15, 2013

Guidance for diagnosing and treating interstitial lung disease complications

ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: New Research Into Stem Cell Therapy and Drugs May Lead to Breakthrough Treatments for Osteoarthritis

Susan Bernstein | February 1, 2013

Novel strategies for treating osteoarthritis aim to relieve pain, rebuild or replenish deteriorated cartilage and bone, or to replace the joint through surgery

Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Perry M. Nicassio, PhD, and Myra Irani, MA | November 1, 2012

Examining the psychological and health-related comorbidities of rheumatoid arthritis patients with depression

The Happiest Specialty: Rheumatology Is #1!

James R. O’Dell, MD | July 10, 2012

Why are we all smiling, and how can we spread it around?

The Role of the Social Worker in the Management of Rheumatic Disease

Kimberly A. Holwerda, BA, MA | July 9, 2012

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.

Three Giants of Immunology at USC

Daniel J. Wallace, MD | June 10, 2012

Prejudice, and how I became a rheumatologist.

Pinpoint Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients with Lupus

Vanessa Caceres | April 6, 2012

More than 80% of SLE patients experience some type of neurologic manifestation during their disease course. The challenge for rheumatologists and other clinicians lies in appropriately diagnosing any cognitive dysfunctions that accompany lupus and better understanding the causes and risk factors of those dysfunctions. “Cognitive Function in SLE” was the focus of a talk at the 2011 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting in November.

Pain is a Tricky Thing to Treat, or Even Evaluate

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | March 8, 2012

Rheumatology is such a gratifying and emotionally rewarding medical specialty. There is no better feeling than helping patients with conditions whose proper diagnosis and management have eluded other practitioners. A patient with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) presents with pain, and a major clinical tenet of DISH has been its lack of association with pain.

Susac’s Syndrome: Confusion, Expressive Aphasia, Gait Instability

Candace H. Feldman, MD, MPH, Gwendolyn Kane-Wagner, MD | March 8, 2012

A 49-year-old man presented to the hospital with confusion, dysarthria, expressive aphasia, and progressive gait instability.