Negative Biopsy in Giant Cell Arteritis? Look to Symptoms Histopathologic changes in the temporal artery wall not helpful Oct 09, 2015
Teach Patients How to Communicate Symptoms Better Patients should learn the eight characteristics of a symptom Oct 01, 2015
Doctors Urged to Practice 'Conservative Diagnosis' And sharing cell phone numbers is a good idea Sep 29, 2015
Patient Registries See Promise and Challenges Ahead Physician-driven registries adapt to a changing health system Sep 11, 2015
ACR Joins Outcry Against ABIM's MOC Program Calls it an "overreach" and questions ABIM's financial stewardship Aug 28, 2015
Clear Health Costs: Having Insurance Doesn't Always Pay The case of the $1,700 mammogram Aug 26, 2015
Plaquenil Benefits Fetus in Lupus Pregnancy Preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction decreased with hydroxychloroquine Jul 05, 2015
Stelara Eases Spine Symptoms in PsA Improvements with ustekinumab maintained for 2 years Jun 15, 2015 video
13 Apple Watch Medical Apps Made for Physicians Even though there are over 3,500 apps that have been customized for the Apple Watch, there are few that health providers can actually utilize for themselves Jun 01, 2015
Prednisone Offers Modest Relief in Sciatica Oral steroids are commonly used but without much supporting evidence. May 19, 2015
Squeeze Test in Finger/Toe Joints Won't Diagnose Arthritis Sensitivity was low for metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joints. May 09, 2015
Mortality High in Systemic Juvenile Arthritis Death rates are highest among girls -- up to 50-fold greater than in the general population. May 01, 2015
Rituxan in Lupus: Responses Vary Almost 60% improved at 3 months, yet 20% worsened at 6 months. Apr 30, 2015
Stopping Enbrel Risky in Established RA Fewer patients with longstanding disease flared if they remained on even a half dose of etanercept, and time to flare was greater. Apr 22, 2015
Allopurinol Doesn't Worsen Acute Gout Attacks Worries that it might prove unfounded in randomized trial. Apr 09, 2015
Ultrasound After Steroid Shots Helps Slightly in Managing Knee OA Changes visualized after intra-articular injections are small and of borderline utility. Feb 27, 2015
Stop DMARDs Before Orthopedic Surgery in RA Patients? Deft medication management is important. Feb 12, 2015
Meniscus Lesions Tied to Neuropathic Pain in Knee OA Meniscal extrusion on MRI significantly associated with increasing pain scores in knee osteoarthritis. Jan 02, 2015
Early and Late Mortality Spikes in Giant Cell Arteritis Danish study reveals 10-year survival patterns. Dec 29, 2014
Separating Spondyloarthritis From Back Pain Still Problematic Spinal MRI criteria don't help differentiate SpA from nonspecific pain. Dec 27, 2014
JIA Parents Lose Significant Work Time More missed work in the year before and after a child's diagnosis of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Dec 18, 2014
Antibodies Predict Scleroderma Renal Crisis Antibody test aids assessing risk for this potentially lethal complication. Dec 17, 2014
Painful Hands, Hurting Hearts? Symptomatic hand osteoarthritis was linked with coronary heart disease. Dec 15, 2014
Women, Blacks at Greater Risk for Bunions Subgroups most likely to develop hallux valgus confirmed in major study. Dec 04, 2014
Disease Activity Predicts Death in Sjogren's High disease activity at baseline and immune markers can be used as prognostic markers in Sjogren's syndrome. Dec 02, 2014
NSAID Effective for RA Symptoms, Celebrex Easier on Stomach Patients on celecoxib experienced greater pain reduction after 6 weeks of treatment. Dec 01, 2014
FDA Panel Wants Safer Epidural Steroid Shots Majority votes to end epidural injections with "particulate" steroids. Nov 25, 2014
Does an IUD and Family History Boost RA Risk? RA-associated autoantibodies tied to IUDs in at-risk women. Nov 21, 2014
Gout May Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease Study showed AD incidence higher over 5 years for patients without gout. Nov 21, 2014
Humira Benefits Persist in Spine Disease Anti-TNF treatment efficacy maintained at 3 years in axial spondyloarthritis. Nov 21, 2014
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Is Rare With Denosumab for Bone Loss Study finds risk very low, even with long-term drug therapy. Nov 20, 2014
Cyclophosphamide May Ease Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies Majority of patients treated with CYC experienced improved muscle strength and function. Nov 19, 2014
Otezla Benefit Durable in PsA Benefits persist through 2 years with apremilast in psoriatic arthritis. Nov 19, 2014
A Role for the Microbiome for Arthritis in Kids? Study links antibiotics to JIA risk. Nov 18, 2014 video
Infection Risk Seen as Minimal With Denosumab No increased risk whether administered alone or with DMARDs. Nov 18, 2014
