Rheumatology Experts & Viewpoints

A Market for Compassion: Single-Payer Health Insurance Prajwal Ciryam, second-year MD/PhD student at Northwestern University and Co-Founding Member of Health Care for All Illinois, explains why an American single-payer system is right.
Commentary, September 2008
Prednisolone and Naproxen Both Work for Pain Relief in Acute Gout Dr. George Lundberg discusses prescribing prednisolone and naproxen for pain relief in acute gout.
Commentary, September 2008
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study Kevin D. Deane, MD, comments on a study that examined the risk for cardiovascular disease in patients newly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.
Commentary, September 2008
Nurses Journal Scan, July 2008 Many important topics are covered this month including sleep apnea, suicide in the elderly, massage in osteoarthritis, advanced practice nursing, and burnout and staffing in perioperative nurses.
Commentary, August 2008
Update On Lupus: Treatment Reality Check In this update video blog on treating systemic lupus erythematosus, Stephen Paget, MD, highlights issues surrounding current clinical trials and present a personal approach to treatment.
Commentary, August 2008
Retooling for an Aging America Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, President, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, discusses the impact of the "baby boomer" generation on medicine.
Commentary, August 2008
Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors vs New Biologics for the Treatment of Inflammatory Joint Diseases: Evidence on Safety and Efficacy -- An Expert Interview With Jonathan Kay, MD Jonathan Kay, MD, summarizes the latest updates with tumor necrosis factor inhibitor for the treatment of RA, as illustrated by data from EULAR 2008.
Expert Interview, July 2008
The ACR-EULAR Collaboration: An Expert Interview With David A. Fox, MD David A. Fox, MD, President, ACR, provides expert commentary to Medscape on the new collaborative initiative between the ACR and EULAR.
Expert Interview, July 2008
EULAR 2008 Highlights From Daniel Furst, MD Daniel Furst, MD, gives his perspectives on key advances presented at EULAR 2008.
Commentary, July 2008
Physicians for Sale: How Medical Professional Organizations Exploit Their Members To improve the state of US healthcare, physicians need to rethink what their profession is and identify what they need to do to regain their professional integrity.
Commentary, July 2008

POLL

Under California legislation newly signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, health insurers will be required to cover routine HIV testing, which would encourage compliance with recommendations made by the CDC 2 years ago. Would such legislation in your state, and subsequent third-party coverage, lead to more testing for HIV in your practice setting?

Featured Viewpoint

Prednisolone and Naproxen Both Work for Pain Relief in Acute Gout Dr. George Lundberg discusses prescribing prednisolone and naproxen for pain relief in acute gout.
Commentary, September 2008

CLOSE [X]
SPECIALTY SITES Allergy & Clinical Immunology Cardiology Critical Care Dermatology Diabetes & Endocrinology Emergency Medicine Family Medicine Gastroenterology General Surgery Hematology-Oncology HIV/AIDS Infectious Diseases	Internal Medicine Lab Medicine Nephrology Neurology & Neurosurgery Ob/Gyn & Women's Health Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopaedics Pathology & Lab Medicine Pediatrics Psychiatry & Mental Health Public Health & Prevention Pulmonary Medicine	Radiology Rheumatology Surgery Transplantation Urology Women's Health OTHER SITES Business of Medicine Medscape Today Med Students Nurses Pharmacists

CLOSE [X]
SPECIALTY SITES Allergy & Clinical Immunology Cardiology Critical Care Dermatology Diabetes & Endocrinology Emergency Medicine Family Medicine Gastroenterology General Surgery Hematology-Oncology HIV/AIDS Infectious Diseases	Internal Medicine Lab Medicine Nephrology Neurology & Neurosurgery Ob/Gyn & Women's Health Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopaedics Pathology & Lab Medicine Pediatrics Psychiatry & Mental Health Public Health & Prevention Pulmonary Medicine	Radiology Rheumatology Surgery Transplantation Urology Women's Health OTHER SITES Business of Medicine Medscape Today Med Students Nurses Pharmacists