Reactive Arthritis News

NEW YORK CITY — Stephen I. Katz, MD, PhD, director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at the NIH, presented the keynote speech at the Interdisciplinary Autoimmune Summit and urged rheumatologists, dermatologists, gastroenterologists and other health care professionals who treat patients with autoimmune diseases to work together. He also discussed the future work of NIH research into autoimmune diseases from a multidisciplinary approach.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. —Gregg J. Silverman, MD, associate director of the Division of Rheumatology and professor of medicine and pathology at the New York University School of Medicine spoke with Healio.com/Rheumatology about the immune system in cancer therapy and the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases..

The results of a study of patients in France do not support routine testing for Lyme disease in patients with an early onset of inflammatory arthritis impacting more than one joint in the absence of a known tick bite.

Discussions surrounding fatigue and its impact are not routinely raised with patients with rheumatic diseases and patients may face significant barriers to communication about the impact of fatigue, according to researchers from the United Kingdom.

Patients with chikungunya may present a constellation of symptoms including peripheral joint involvement, myalgia, back pain and non-musculoskeletal manifestations, according to researchers in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Although the use of interventional and diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound has increased among many providers, according to researchers from the University of Florida, the value of added testing is unclear.

SAN FRANCISCO — Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, of the Cleveland Clinic and Chief Medical Editor of Healio Rheumatology, reviews the importance of key studies on viruses, which were presented here at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting.

The American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in San Francisco begins on Nov. 7, and Healio Rheumatology will cover the event and its many topics — ranging from rheumatoid arthritis to spondyloarthropathies, osteoarthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, vasculitis, fibromyalgia, juvenile arthritis and much more— throughout the week.

Welcome to the Premier Issue of Healio Rheumatology, a print publication based on the most important news as measured by the online preferences of your colleagues. In this issue, you will find the most-read content from readers of Healio.com/Rheumatology, our online news site for rheumatology. We call this unique approach to issue content selection “Peer-Tested Content” and we believe the approach will provide you the best and most valuable content in your area of expertise.

SLACK Incorporated, publisher of Healio.com, is set to expand its series of web-first news magazines delivering unique peer-tested content. Healio Rheumatology will compile the most-read content from Healio.com based on website metrics, and distribute it in a print news magazine reaching 6,100 U.S. physicians, including the universe of U.S. rheumatologists.