John Schieszer, MA

End-of-rotation transition in care has been linked to significantly higher in-hospital mortality. Clinicians highlight the issue, and offer ways to reduce the problem.

Changing the learning environment and reforming programs is important to improving the well-being of medical students.

Researchers and physicians explore what works and what needs improvement in evaluating medical resident training and education.

Sports medicine experts, emergency medicine physicians, and orthopedic surgeons are reporting that their experiences with cervical spine instability related to rheumatoid arthritis are evolving.

A meal-timing strategy may reduce swings in hunger as well as change fat- and carbohydrate-burning patterns.

Clinicians and researchers weigh in on the advent of precision medicine for the treatment of SLE.

Data show that nonnutritive sweeteners likely do not change appetite or cause diabetes and may actually help with weight loss.

The inflammatory process associated with rheumatoid arthritis triggers increased metabolism. As the disease progresses muscle wasting begins to occur, so starting nutritional care early after making the diagnosis can help prevent this loss and preserve quality of life.
Rheumatology Advisor speaks with experts in clinical nutrition to address correcting nutritional abnormalities in patients with rheumatic diseases.

As part of Scleroderma Awareness Month, physicians specializing in the management of scleroderma discuss mitigating effects of scleroderma-related pain and improving quality of life for their patients.

The most effective therapy for paraneoplastic rheumatic disease is the timely detection and treatment of the underlying malignancy.

A lack of clinical evidence is one of many significant barriers when it comes to providing optimal care for elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis.

This study sought to determine whether a novel statistical shape modeling bone shape outcome predicted total joint replacement in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

A new Swedish study published in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases suggests that optimizing control of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease may help lower overall risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in those with RA.

Uveitis may occur in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Behcet’s disease, and HLA B27-associated seronegative spondyloarthropathies. Prompt initiation of treatment may improve clinical outcomes, emphasizing the importance of collaboration between rheumatologists and ophthalmologists.

If conservative treatment with medications such as dihydropyridine, calcium channel blockers, alpha-adrenergic blockers, and phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors is unsuccessful, clinicians can consider chemical sympathectomy, botulinum neurotoxin injection, and fat pad grafting.

Only 1 in 4 adults was able to accurately estimate their risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease within 10 percentage points of what researchers calculated.

Investigators examined whether intra-abdominal fat is independently associated with hyperuricemia.

A new study published suggests that it may be time to produce new algorithms for assessing cardiovascular disease risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

New research may help clinicians better identify individuals with the greatest risk for specific clinical disease features of SLE.

Long-term data regarding safety and organ damage accrual after treatment with belimumab is examined for the first time in this study.