The HCPLive Rheumatology condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and insights on rheumatologic disease. This page consists of interviews, articles, podcasts, and videos on the research, treatment and development of therapies for arthritis, gout, nr-AxSpA, and more.
April 22nd 2024
Prolonged modified fasting, in a multimodal medical approach, may help patients with fibromyalgia improve pain and psychosomatic symptoms.
"REEL" Time Patient Counseling™: Integrating Biosimilars into the Clinical Conversation
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Cases and Conversations™: Keeping Up with Novel Approaches to Managing ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
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EGPA: Highlighting the Patient Journey to Improve the Differential Diagnosis and Accelerate the Initiation of Guideline-Based Care
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Envisioning Novel Therapeutic Approaches to Managing ANCA-associated Vasculitis
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Clinical Consultations™: Optimal Approaches to Recognizing and Treating ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
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Is late-onset lupus a “wolf in sheep's clothing”?
March 3rd 2010Late-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), often considered to have a benign disease course, actually involves greater disease activity and comorbidities than early-onset SLE. Differences in disease activity may be associated with an interaction between the SLE and age.
Early health does not influence adult-onset RA
March 2nd 2010Neither preterm birth nor being breastfed is significantly associated with the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These findings are consistent with those of previous investigations for a null association between RA and gestational age, but the previously reported protective effect of being breastfed was not confirmed.
Toddler treadmill training may stall neuromotor delay
March 2nd 2010Use of a treadmill may help infants who have prenatal complications or were injured at birth walk earlier and better, according to researchers at the School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Angulo-Barroso and associates1 studied developmental changes in treadmill stepping and physical activity in 15 infants at risk for neuromotor delay and explored these changes by diagnosis of cerebral palsy.
Dynamic walking applied to clinical gait pathologies
March 2nd 2010A healthy gait pattern is based on an array of biomechanical features orchestrated by the CNS for economy and stability, according to investigators in the departments of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Injuries and pathologies may alter these features and result in substantial gait deficits, often with detrimental consequences for energy expenditure and balance. Therefore, an understanding of the role of biomechanics in the generation of healthy gait may provide insight into these deficits that may be applied to clinical gait pathologies.
Standing on sloped surface reduces work-related low back pain
March 2nd 2010Prolonged standing on a sloped surface rather than on a level surface results in decreased subjective low back pain (LBP) and associated biomechanical changes, according to researchers at the Regis University School of Physical Therapy in Denver. Nelson-Wong and Callaghan1 noted that occupations that require prolonged periods of standing have been associated with increased reports of musculoskeletal disorders, including LBP.
Chronic arthritis induces bone disturbances
March 2nd 2010The chronic inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) leads to impairment of bone biomechanics in terms of stiffness, ductility, and ultimate strength (fracture), according to researchers at the Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, in Portugal. The direct effect of inflammation on bone is difficult to study in patients with RA, they noted, because the skeleton also is affected by corticosteroids and other drugs, as well as aging and menopause, which contribute to bone fragility.
Plantar pressure measurements reliable in assessing RA
March 2nd 2010Plantar pressures measurement, frequently used in rehabilitation and related research, is highly reliable in evaluating patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to researchers at the University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia, in Ljubljana. On the basis of their findings, they concluded that such measurement is suitable for clinical practice, as well as for research, and recommended taking several measurements and using the average.
Chile (and Haiti, and Katrina…): Preparedness lessons for you and me
March 1st 2010We've entered a new arena of horror where our Richter scale, for the first time, doesn't seem to reach high enough, and adjectives are crumbling under the impact. "Devastation" or "catastrophe"? None of the usual descriptors feel powerful enough.
Evaluation of EULAR-RAID Score in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients (Rainbow)
February 26th 2010The main goal of this trial is to "evaluate the practical modalities and performance of the EULAR-RAID score in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have been prescribed etanercept as part of usual medical practice."
Medicaid Directors Say Program Teetering on a "Fiscal Cliff"
February 23rd 2010The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 designated $87 billion for state Medicaid programs, enacting major increases in federal matching rates. Despite the boost from ARRA, state budgets have been groaning under the weight of the economic downturn, with 29 of them planning to make Medicaid cuts in 2010.
Educational Series on Rheumatoid Arthritis
February 23rd 2010Rheumatologists and primary care physicians will find the "Rheumatoid Arthritis Virtual Grand Rounds" to be extremely beneficial. Hosted by experts in the field, 17 patient cases will help improve the quality of care provided through patient case studies and provide new information about the available treatments for rheumatoid arthritis.
Haiti Journey: Clinic Time Begins
February 17th 2010There's something about the constant drone of a generator – the relentless, unremitting growl that hangs in the air. It's like the smell and the dust and the fear of the rainy season, the way it creeps under your skin so quickly, and then sinks so deepely that you're not even aware that you're aware of it. All the time.
Haiti Journey: Hitting the Ground
February 17th 2010Airports are bland portals scattered across the world. It's really when you step outside, walking down the cattle-chute ramp that's lined with well-wishers and people holding up hand-written signs - it's as you emerge, blinking into hot haze and the smell of moist, marinating diesel hits you, that's when you know you're somewhere else.