Decision Support in Medicine: Psoriatic Arthritis
1. Does this patient have psoriatic arthritis?
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis that is characterized by a diversity of clinical manifestations and a highly variable... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 22, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
VIDEO: How to personalize pain management in era of opioids
WASHINGTON – As the prescription opioid crisis rages, how physicians evaluate, define, and treat chronic pain is evolving.
“In the science books, there’s a definition of pain,” explained Dr. Patrice... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 22, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
The year in gout brings a controversial new drug
MAUI, HAWAII – The recently approved uric acid–lowering drug lesinurad received a lukewarm reception at best when introduced during a ‘highlights of the year in gout’ session presented at the 2016... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 20, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Allogeneic cell therapy fares well in phase III osteoarthritis trial
AMSTERDAM – A novel intra-articular allogeneic cell therapy improved knee osteoarthritis pain, physical activity, and patients’ quality of life in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind,... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 20, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
UnitedHealth Group leaving most ACA marketplaces
UnitedHealth Group will not sell policies next year in most of the health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act, CEO Stephen Helmsley announced during an April 19 <a... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 19, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Your online reputation
Have you ever run across a negative or even malicious comment about you or your practice on the web, in full view of the world? You’re certainly not alone.
Chances are it was on one of those... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 19, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Dispensing with expert testimony
Question: When a doctor could not find a dislodged biopsy guide wire, he abandoned his search after informing the patient of his intention to retrieve it at a later date. Two months later, he... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 19, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Conflicts in the physician-patient relationship
The basic premise of the physician-patient relationship is simple: Patients are ill and we want to make them better. But the true nature of the relationship is not so monochromatic. Patients and... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 17, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Guideline change advocated on using acetaminophen for OA
AMSTERDAM – Further evidence that acetaminophen has limited benefits in patients with osteoarthritis was presented at the World Congress on Osteoarthritis, with authors of a systematic review calling... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 14, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Psoriasis tied to abdominal aortic aneurysm in nationwide study
Patients with severe psoriasis were nearly 70% more likely to develop abdominal aortic aneurysms compared with the general population, according to a Danish population-based cohort study.
The... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 14, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Physical therapy underused for knee osteoarthritis
AMSTERDAM – Physical therapy is underused as a first conservative treatment option for knee osteoarthritis, according to a review of data of more than 130,000 men and women serving in the U.S.... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 14, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Young women’s weight gain predicts later low back pain
AMSTERDAM – Data from a longitudinal study reported at the World Congress on Osteoarthritis show that weight gain in young women is an independent predictor of future low back pain.
Indeed, for... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 14, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Benefit of lumbar fusion for spinal stenosis found to be small to nonexistent
The benefit of adding lumbar fusion surgery to decompression surgery for spinal stenosis was nonexistent in one large clinical trial and very modest in another, according to separate reports... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 13, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Blood biomarker panel studies aim to predict knee osteoarthritis, progression
AMSTERDAM – Results of separate U.S. and European studies hold promise that predictive blood tests for the diagnosis and progression of knee osteoarthritis could soon be developed.
Researchers at... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 13, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Number of malpractice payments down 28% since 2004
The annual number of medical malpractice payment reports fell 28% from 2004 to 2014, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The total number of medical malpractice payment... (Source: Rheumatology News)
Source: Rheumatology News - April 13, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
