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One-Third of Americans Took Opioids in 2015
In the wake of the well-publicized "opioid epidemic", researchers report in the Annals of Internal Medicine (online July 31) that more than one third of U.S.
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The RheumNow Week in Review – 28 July 2017
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and articles from the past week on RheumNow.com:
Read ArticleThe RheumNow Week in Review – 21 July 2017
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news from the past week on RheumNow.com:
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Curbside Consults - July 2017
Curbside Consults are cases submitted by our rheumatology colleagues as challenging therapeutic or safety issues. Answers are based on experience, with added evidence from the medical literature and published guidelines. Here are four new cases.
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The RheumNow Week in Review – 14 July 2017
Dr. Jack Cush reviews highlights from the past week on RheumNow.com:
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Pharma Pays $8.2 Billion to Physicians in 2016
Data made public by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shows that drug and device makers made nearly $8.2 billion in payments to U.S. physicians and teaching hospitals in the last year. Since 2013, CMS has been tracking physician payments as part of the Affordable Care Act.
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The RheumNow Week in Review – 30 June 2017
Dr. Jack Cush reviews highlights from the past week on RheumNow.com:
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ACR Says Senate Healthcare Bill Falls Short of Protecting Americans with Rheumatic Disease
Dr. Sharad Lakhanpal, President of the American College of Rheumatology has responded to the Senate's proposed changes to healthcare coverage in the USA.
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Highlights from EULAR 2017 - From RheumReports.com
Dr. Janet Pope reviews her favorite and least favorite presentations and abstracts from EULAR 2017.
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The RheumNow Week in Review – How to ACR/EULAR 23 June 2017
Dr. Jack Cush reviews his approach to attending and getting the most out of ACR or EULAR Congress meetings.
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Bone Turnover Markers in Practice: A Guide for the Rheumatologist
Bone turnover markers (BTMs) have been eyed for decades as potential monitoring tools in osteoporosis.
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ACR/AAHKS Guidelines on Perioperative Management
The American College of Rheumatology has partnered with the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons to develop consensus-based guidelines for perioperative management of antirheumatic therapies for patients with rheumatic diseases who plan to undergo total joint replacement.
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EULAR 2017 – Day 4 Highlights
Saturday was a day of big posters and special seminars at EULAR in Madrid. In the morning, I passed on an interesting session on nailfold capillaroscopy led by Dr. M Cutolo and went to a JIA outcomes session.
Read ArticleResponder Criteria for Nonpharmalogical Treatment of Fibromyalgia.
Because of the subjective nature of fibromyalgia symptoms, tools for monitoring of disease activity and/or treatment assessment tools to evaluate effectiveness of nonpharmacological modalities are difficult to develop.
Read ArticleConcomitant Septic Arthritis and Crystalline Arthropathy
Researchers sought to describe the characteristics of patients with concurrent septic and crystal arthritis through a retrospective analysis of patients with the concomitant diagnoses between 1985-2015 at a university hospital in Spain.
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EULAR 2017 – Day 3 Highlights
Friday was a mega-day in Madrid as this day all the late-breaking abstracts were presented, in addition to the bulk of high-impact podium presentations in several areas.
Here are the major presentations from several clinical areas.
Read ArticleGuselkumab for Active Psoriatic Arthritis
A double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study aimed to evaluate efficacy and safety of a fully human monoclonal anti IL-23 antibody guselkumab, in patients with active psoriatic arthritis.
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Today during the comorbidities in RA session, Dr. Leonard Calabrese spoke about herpes zoster (HZ).
Read ArticlePregnancy in Lupus
Young patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) get diagnosed before they have completed their families. About 30 or 40 years ago, most rheumatologists were not recommending pregnancy for their lupus patients. However, in recent times, outcomes have considerably improved.
Read ArticleThe RheumNow EULAR Week in Review – 16 June 2017
Dr. Jack Cush reviews some of the highlights from the past week at EULAR 2017 - June 16, 2017.
Follow RheumNow's expanded coverage from EULAR 2017 in Madrid.
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