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August 05, 2024
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‘Strong leaders’ seek to collaborate, can improve care for rheumatology patients

‘Strong leaders’ seek to collaborate, can improve care for rheumatology patients

Leaders who are willing to collaborate with both patients and other health care professionals are more likely to achieve optimal disease outcomes, according to experts who participated in a panel discussion.

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July 31, 2024
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‘Accountability is a love language’ both inside and outside the clinic

‘Accountability is a love language’ both inside and outside the clinic

Holding others accountable and being held accountable for transgressions of all types can lead to growth in relationships, according to the keynote presenter at the 2024 Association of Women in Rheumatology annual conference.

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July 24, 2024
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Training the ‘inner voice to be kind’ critical for young patients with rheumatic diseases

Training the ‘inner voice to be kind’ critical for young patients with rheumatic diseases

ORLANDO, Fla. — Cognitive behavioral therapy can help children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases cope with the challenges of their condition, according to a presenter at the 2024 Rheumatology Nurses Society annual conference.

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July 24, 2024
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‘We try not to limit them’: Striving for normalcy key for children with rheumatic diseases

‘We try not to limit them’: Striving for normalcy key for children with rheumatic diseases

ORLANDO, Fla. — Allowing children with rheumatic diseases the time and space to formulate their own thoughts on their condition can facilitate communication and help them live a normal life, according to a presenter.

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July 23, 2024
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World Sjögren’s Day shines light on a disease that too often goes years without diagnosis

World Sjögren’s Day shines light on a disease that too often goes years without diagnosis

Despite being the second-most common rheumatic autoimmune disease in the United States, Sjögren’s syndrome remains under-recognized, with patients often waiting 3 years for a proper diagnosis, according to the Sjögren’s Foundation.

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July 22, 2024
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VIDEO: CAR T-cell therapy ‘holding up as a possible breakthrough’ in autoimmune disease

VIDEO: CAR T-cell therapy ‘holding up as a possible breakthrough’ in autoimmune disease

In this video exclusive, Leonard Calabrese, DO, chief medical editor of Healio Rheumatology, calls out top stories in the July issue, including a cover story on chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.

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July 20, 2024
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Minimizing distrust, explaining process essential to increasing trial participation

Minimizing distrust, explaining process essential to increasing trial participation

ORLANDO, Fla. — Explaining the details of the clinical trial process is critical to minimizing barriers to research participation, according to a presenter at the 2024 Rheumatology Nurses Society annual conference.

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July 19, 2024
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‘A lot of unknowns’: Much remains a mystery regarding sarcoidosis etiology, management

‘A lot of unknowns’: Much remains a mystery regarding sarcoidosis etiology, management

ORLANDO, Fla. — Despite a constellation of available data points regarding prognosis and impacted organs, researchers have so far been unable to connect the dots and form a better understanding of sarcoidosis, according to a presenter here.

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July 19, 2024
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‘Silver tsunami’ likely to have significant impacts for rheumatology providers

‘Silver tsunami’ likely to have significant impacts for rheumatology providers

ORLANDO, Fla. — The aging process can cause a significant decline in the immune system, a process set to impact a growing proportion of the general population and rheumatic patients alike, according to a presenter here.

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July 17, 2024
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Monitoring nightmares, hallucinations ‘extremely valuable’ in lupus, early flare treatment

Monitoring nightmares, hallucinations ‘extremely valuable’ in lupus, early flare treatment

Nightmares and hallucinations may occur at any stage of disease course in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, according to recent findings.

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