Rheumatology

Ethnicity, depression, lack of exercise or social support, and social difficulties are major risk factors for chronic fatigue syndrome.

The Arthritis National Research Foundation will be convening on March 24th to choose new innovators for funding.

By eliminating need for physical exam in diagnosis of fibromyalgia, new criteria enable co-morbidity studies in patients with IBS.

(AUDIO) Harvard orthopedic surgeon Jeffrey Katz discusses one of his recent studies that looked at risk factors for revision surgery after total hip replacement.

Clinicians are providing weight-loss counseling to arthritis patients, but must improve in terms of exercise counseling and arthritis self-management education.

Learn about findings from recent studies of gout, crystalline arthritis, and hyperuricemia.

A podcast dedicated to those suffering from gout, hosted by Victor Konshin, author of, "Beating Gout: A Sufferer's Guide to Living Pain Free."

As seen on the Discovery Health series Body Invaders, learn how gout arthritis can affect the human body.

80-90% of gout patients under-excrete uric acid while the major therapeutic options treat over-production of uric acid.

This podcast discusses the importance of clinical rheumatology biologics registries.

In an update of clinical trial of the drug Tofacitinib, Pfizer Inc. announced that the primary endpoints in Phase 3 have been met.

This webcast looks at the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and markers of rheumatoid arthritis severity.

The RA Joint Count is a validated tool for assessing rheumatoid arthritis. This article reviews a uniform procedure for instructing patients, identifying joint landmarks, and examination techniques.

The concept of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has evolved from that of a relatively obscure mild joint disease to that of a severe inflammatory arthritis involving bones, joints, and the surrounding tissue.

A review of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty, which replaces the rotator cuff with the deltoid, often to relieve a degenerative glenohumeral. Discusses the procedure, outcomes, and complications..

A 52-year-old man with long-standing seropositive, erosive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) presented to our clinic with a mass on his left elbow (left). He had noticed it 2 years earlier-the mass had been painless, but it had gradually increased in size.

A multidisciplinary team at the UC Davis Health System is conducting experiments to confirm the relationship between osteoarthritis (OA) and Maf factors

Two new provisional definitions of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remission have been released by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR).

Alcohol consumption is associated with markers of inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) before symptoms occur. This association suggests that the anti-inflammatory effect of alcohol might be the link between moderate alcohol consumption and a possible decreased risk of RA.

Gait speed, known to be associated with survival in older adults, may be a simple and accessible indicator of health in these patients. Gait speed, age, and sex may offer clinicians tools for assessing expected survival to contribute to tailoring care goals in older patients.

Pain beliefs in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) influence their longitudinal course of pain. Children who have higher pain perceptions but low disease activity levels consider themselves more disabled and damaged by their JIA and limit exercise more; these beliefs appear to be highly consistent over time.

Among patients who do not have cardiovascular disease (CVD), the prevalence of metabolic syndrome is higher in those who have rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than in those who do not. Metabolic syndrome in RA is associated with greater disability and a history of large-joint swelling but not with RA therapy.

Greater levels of physical activity are significantly associated with higher functional performance objectively measured by gait speed in adults with confirmed radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA). There is a consistent graded relationship between physical activity level and better performance in these patients.

(AUDIO) Chances are excellent that your young patients aren’t taking their medications as you’ve prescribed them.

Due to the high percentage of false-positives in lab tests, review urges physical examination to be the primary method of diagnosis of JIA.

New research indicates that specific repressor proteins slow genes during development, a process that is comparable to slowing down a car.

Hashimoto's thyroiditis can affect middle-aged women in a variety of ways including chronic fatigue, dry hair, irritability, anxiety, and constipation.

Podcast outlines the benefits of aggressive, early therapy and a patient-centered management approach for rheumatoid arthritis.

When medication and therapy fall short, a unique procedure is starting to take hold with doctors who are using tendons from the arm to mend thumb arthritis.

Finnish researchers have discovered connections between rheumatoid arthritis and certain work occupations.