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Obesity Associated with Increased Inflammatory Markers in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Will Boggs MD  |  April 13, 2017

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Obesity and higher fat mass are associated with increased levels of inflammatory markers in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), researchers report. “Physicians should recognize that C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) are affected by obesity in patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis, especially in women,” Dr. Michael D. George from the University of…

Filed under:ConditionsRheumatoid Arthritis Tagged with:body mass index (BMI)C-reactive protein (CRP)erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)higher fat massinflammatory markersNational Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).ObesityRheumatoid Arthritis (RA)VA RheumatoidArthritis (VARA)Women

How to Leverage Physical Therapy & Technology to Help Patients Stay Fit & Decrease Pain

Carina Stanton  |  March 28, 2017

For patients living with rheumatic diseases, the benefits of physical therapy and exercise cannot be overstated. “Working with a physical therapist provides a chance for careful evaluation of how the patient is moving and experiencing pain,” says Maura Iversen, BSc, PT, DPT, SD, MPH…

Filed under:Conditions Tagged with:Exercise/physical therapyphysical activityPhysical TherapyTechnology

Rheumatology March Coding Corner Question: Pediatric Rheumatology Consult

From the College  |  March 20, 2017

A 13-year-old black male, described by his mother as a very active and energetic child, is referred to a pediatric rheumatologist. His chief complaint is muscle pain in both legs, which he has experienced for the past three weeks. His mother is a patient of an adult rheumatologist at this clinic and is quite concerned….

Filed under:Billing/CodingConditionsFrom the CollegePediatric Conditions Tagged with:BillingCodinggrowthoffice visitPainpatient carePediatricrheumatologist

Draft Criteria for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Released

Susan Bernstein  |  March 20, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Rheumatologists do not have up-to-date diagnostic and classification criteria for vasculitis, a group of diseases that involves inflammation of the blood vessels, said experts speaking at the 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting session, Classification Criteria for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis. The most recent classification criteria were published by the ACR in 1990, and since then, new disease…

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Research Offers Insight into Diagnosis, Treatment of Small-Vessel Vasculitis

Susan Bernstein  |  March 20, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Experts speaking at the 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting session, Update on Small-Vessel Vasculitis, offered insight into the latest approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases involving the inflammation of blood vessels. “Vasculitis is an immune-mediated process. White blood cells invade the vessel wall, causing inflammation throughout the vessel wall,” said Jason M. Springer,…

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Environmental Factors in Pediatric Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

Lisa G. Rider, MD, & Frederick W. Miller, MD, PhD  |  March 20, 2017

Systemic autoimmune diseases are thought to result from immune dysregulation in genetically susceptible individuals who were exposed to environmental risk factors. Many studies have identified genetic risk factors for these diseases, but concordance rates among monozygotic twins are 25–40%, suggesting that nonheritable environmental factors play a more prominent role.1,2 Through carefully conducted epidemiologic and other…

Filed under:Conditions Tagged with:air pollutionAutoimmune diseaseenvironmental factorgeneticInfectionJuvenile idiopathic arthritisKawasaki diseasepatient carePediatricsRheumatic DiseaserheumatologistriskSmoking

ACR Puts Forward Principles on Patient Access to Care

Mary Beth Nierengarten  |  March 1, 2017

As the 115th Congress and the Trump administration consider potential reforms to the healthcare system, including actions related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), physicians around the country remain vitally concerned about the need to preserve and improve access to care for their patients. To that end, the ACR continues to lobby for policies that…

Filed under:Legislation & AdvocacyPractice SupportProfessional Topics Tagged with:Access to carechronic arthritishealthcare coveragehealthcare provisionsongoing careposition statementrheumatic diseases

RISE Is Ready for MIPS

From the College  |  February 16, 2017

Implementation of the Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) began Jan. 1. What does this mean for rheumatologists? It means you must pick the measures by which you will be evaluated and the pace at which you will begin reporting in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System or participating in an Advanced Alternative…

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Diagnosed by Artificial Intelligence?

Simon M. Helfgott, MD  |  February 16, 2017

“To err is human.” —Alexander Pope (1688–1744) The Wisest Minds in Medicine At some point during our careers, we have the privilege of meeting a physician so talented that everyone else pales in comparison. These are those gifted clinicians whose astonishing mastery of medicine makes everyone in their midst feel like inept, babbling fools. They…

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Anti-Interleukin-6 Therapy for Erdheim-Chester Disease Warrants Study

Stefanie D. Wade, MD, Michael A. Seidman, MD, Edward C. Jones, MD, Arnold Radu, MD, Ryan Paterson, MD, Vikram Deshpande, MD, John H. Stone, MD, & Mollie N. Carruthers, MD  |  February 16, 2017

Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare, non-Langerhan’s cell histiocytosis characterized by tissue infiltration of CD68-positive and CD1a-negative foamy histiocytes.1 ECD was discovered as a lipid granulomatosis in 1930 by Jakob Erdheim and his pupil, William Chester, and approximately 500 cases have been described to date.1 ECD has a heterogeneous course and prognosis ranging from an…

Filed under:ConditionsOther Rheumatic Conditions Tagged with:anti-interleukincase reportClinicalDiagnosisDiseaseErdheim-ChesterinflammatoryinterferonPathogenesistherapyTreatment

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