Rheumatoid Arthritis

The last day was jammed with important reports and research including the late breaking abstracts.    What imaging modality is best in GCA? Dutch study: n=42 ?GCA got all three of USS,…

Curcumin, the active constituent of turmeric extract, has increasingly been promoted as a potential rheumatoid arthritis therapy, but data presented at ACR Convergence 2022 suggests that even in…

Day two at ACR 2022 was full of great sessions on imaging, vasculitis, lupus, vasculitis, spondyloarthritis, COVID, pregnancy, microbiome, economics and more. Here are the RheumNow faculty…

A clinician faces several vexing diagnostic dilemmas, multiple times during a busy time in the clinic. Is this Seropositive RA with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis (PsA) with a marginal…

The masses have returned to ACR22, a live, face-to-face, and virtual, meeting that began Saturday in Philadelphia. Throngs and gaggles of MSK wannabees crammed the ballrooms and rushed the exhibits…

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains a leading cause of mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Estimates of involvement of ILD in RA remain relatively imprecise (estimated prevalence 5-20%),…

The ability to prevent rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in individuals at risk of developing this condition is a holy grail in rheumatology. There is a long-history of interest in this area dating back to…

The RheumNow faculty reporters have been scouring the meeting and online presentations to find the best abstracts from ACR22. Here are some of their choice abstracts reported today on day 1 of…

Rheumatoid arthritis is known to be associated with a higher risk of infections, and this occurs for multiple reasons: immune dysfunction, systemic inflammation, comorbidities, and treatments. While…

Patients with RA are known to have a higher mortality risk than the general population. In abstract 0246, Crowson et al propose a retrospective population-based study stratifying RA patients…