Rheumatology Perspective and Journal Articles

• Finding Employees During a Pandemic As private practices try to recover and rebuild in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many have faced an unexpected challenge: a paucity of employees.
  Medscape Dermatology, September 20, 2021
• Nephrotic Syndrome and Vasculitis After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Are reported cases of nephrotic syndrome and vasculitis associated with the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine?
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, September 17, 2021
• ICS 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ICS 2021
  Medscape Rheumatology, September 16, 2021
• New Sarcoidosis Guideline Bringing Light to the Darkness Recent guidelines provide a number of important updates that physicians managing patients with sarcoidosis should note.
  Medscape Critical Care, September 16, 2021
• 'Locker Room' Talk About Death: Time for Oncologists to Stop 'Well, it's pretty clear he's going to die.' The brusque phrasing felt atypical coming from the otherwise gentle-hearted trainee.
  Medscape Oncology, September 16, 2021
• Thalidomide and Lenalidomide for Refractory SLE/CLE What do we currently know about the safety and efficacy of these drug options for the treatment of refractory systemic/cutaneous lupus erythematosus?
  Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, September 15, 2021
• A Leading Virologist Reveals His Two 'Nightmare' Viruses   Virologist Florian Krammer talks about how much we should worry about the Delta virus and the truth about antibody tests.
  Medscape, September 14, 2021
• Management of Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women An updated position statement from The North American Menopause Society provides guidance on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
  Menopause, September 13, 2021
• Economic Evaluations of Treatments for Fibromyalgia How cost-effective are these nonpharmacologic treatment methods for fibromyalgia?
  Pain, September 13, 2021
• Epidemiology and Spatial Emergence of Anaplasmosis, NY, USA New surveillance data provides insight into the epidemiology and incidence of human granulocytic anaplasmosis in a region where cases are increasing.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 02, 2021
• 'Good News So Far' for Outcomes in Kids With COVID and MIS-C   Finally, there are longer-term data on kids with COVID and multisystem inflammatory syndrome of children, or MIS-C -- but it's not the full picture yet.
  Medscape, September 01, 2021
• A Horse in the Hospital? Meet 'Doctor Peyo' A 15-year-old stallion is having a remarkable impact on the patients and caregivers at one French hospital.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, September 01, 2021
• Dynamic Stabilization Surgery in Spinal Stenosis Patients A new study looks at the long-term results of dynamic stabilization among patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Is there room for improvement?
  Spine, September 01, 2021
• Summoning STRENGTH to Question the Placebo in REDUCE-IT Two trials recently came to markedly different conclusions as to the efficacy of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation for CVD prevention. Might the differing placebo controls have been a factor?
  Circulation, August 31, 2021
• 'Coma' Author Robin Cook on Medical Thrillers and Healthcare   With his latest book, 'Viral,' Robin Cook says he's trying to entertain people and get them to think about the parts of healthcare that aren't working.
  Medscape, August 30, 2021
• Caring for the Difficult Patient 'What is toxic to us doctors is the maelstrom of cognitive dissonance these patients create in us,' Dr Jeffrey Benabio writes.
  Medscape Dermatology, August 27, 2021
• An Overview of Male Osteoporosis While osteoporosis is often thought of as a disease of postmenopausal women, it can affect men as well. Review the risk factors, causes, and management of male osteoporosis in this article.
  U.S. Pharmacist, August 25, 2021
• Coronary Artery Disease: 'Gout' in the Artery? In this commentary, the authors compare and contrast gout and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. What, if anything, do they have in common?
  Europace, August 25, 2021
• When Indirect Decompression Fails How often is unplanned revision surgery required for failed indirect decompression after lateral lumbar interbody fusion?
  Spine, August 25, 2021
• Colchicine and the Heart Recent studies have demonstrated the potential of colchicine in a range of cardiovascular conditions. This review summarizes the current data supporting its efficacy and safety.
  Europace, August 23, 2021