Articles tagged with "Lupus"

ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: New Research Delves Into the Risk of Comorbidities for Patients with Lupus

Susan Bernstein | February 1, 2013

Studying factors that may lead to life-threatening comorbidities such as lymphoma and thrombosis could give rheumatologists clearer direction on treating patients with SLE

The ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting Provides Look Back at History of Rheumatology

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | November 1, 2012

The annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology and Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals’ (ACR/ARHP) provide an opportunity to rewind through the history of rheumatology, and spotlight the speciality’s future

A Few Acronyms and Indices in OMERACT

Prakash Pispati, MD | October 17, 2012

HAQ: Health Assessment Questionnaire DAS28: Disease Activity Score DAS: Psoriatic Arthritis: ACR Core Data Set and Disease Activity Score PsARC: Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria PSAI: Psoriasis Area and Severity Index SLEDAI: SLE Disease Activity Score BILAG: British Isles Lupus Activity Score SLAM: Systemic Lupus Activity Measure LAI: Lupus Activity Index ECLAM: European Consensus Lupus Activity…

How Microbes, Mycobacteria, and Metastases May Alter the Way We Look at Rheumatic Diseases

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | October 1, 2012

Studying the relationships between microbes and their hosts, the role for Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) as a vaccine for Type I diabetes, and emotional stress and bone metastases

EULAR 2012: Partnership Between Physician and Patient

Thomas R. Collins | September 5, 2012

Patient involvement a valuable tool, especially in less common rheumatic disorders.

Rheumatology Students Learning How To Look for Symptoms

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | August 8, 2012

First impressions and presumptions can lead us astray if we don’t pay attention.

Patient Fact Sheet: Sjögren’s Syndrome

Staff | July 9, 2012

Sjögren’s syndrome is an inflammatory disease that can affect many different parts of the body.

California Rheumatologists Explore Managed Care, Treatment Options

Larry Beresford | July 9, 2012

Advances in SLE, osteoporosis, and RA highlighted at California Rheumatology Alliance meeting.

Letter: What We Learn from Family History

Richard S. Panush, MD | July 9, 2012

Dan Wallace’s reminiscence in “Three Giants of Immunology at USC” is fascinating and instructive.

New Lupus Insight Prize Aims to Advance Lupus Research

Dawn Antoline | July 2, 2012

The Lupus Insight Prize will provide $200,000 to one researcher to help fund a project dedicated to furthering understanding of the genetic, environmental, molecular, immunologic, or cellular aspects of lupus or its treatment.