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Rheumatology: Ill-advised session titles : ACP Internist
Another conference, another edition of Ill-advised Session Titles. The American College of Rheumatology is meeting in Philadelphia next week...
Control is the key in rheumatoid arthritis | ACP Internist
To control symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, new guidelines are encouraging internists to act sooner and more definitively combatting the course of the disease. Also, disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs are playing a bigger role in controlling
Applying the Pareto Principle (80/20 rule) to rheumatology : ACP Internist
"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself." --Albert Einstein Since entering the field of rheumatology, I...
Very different conferences : ACP Internist
Attending two conferences in a row can be confusing, but I'm pretty sure the rheumatology session I just attended came out of a MGMA attende...
A suffering man : ACP Internist
Around 20 years ago, while I was still doing outpatient medicine, a 65-year-old construction worker came as a new patient with diffuse pain....
QD: News Every Day--Long-term, moderate beer drinking may lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis in women : ACP Internist
A study found a 31% reduced risk of developing seropositive rheumatoid arthritis in women who drank beer 2 to 4 times a week compared to wom...
QD: News Every Day--Patient education, lifestyle likely not enough to treat gout : ACP Internist
Patient education on diet, lifestyle, treatment objectives, and management of comorbidities isn't likely to be enough to treat gout, accordi...
Why We Need Private-Practice Primary Care Doctors : ACP Internist
This post by Rob Lamberts, ACP Member, appeared at Better Health. A recent post on KevinMD by Joseph Biundo, a rheumatologist, challeng...
One doctor's approach to the quantified self : ACP Internist
“What gets measured, gets managed.” —Peter Drucker Despite being considered one of the techie people in the physician/rheumatology communit...
A rheumatology study for primary care : ACP Internist
Researchers are usually calling on docs to follow guidelines, but a study presented yesterday revealed that ignoring a certain guideline fo...