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Integrated Safety in Tocilizumab Clinical Trials How safe is tocilizumab in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis?
Arthritis Research & Therapy, February 1, 2012
Healthcare Gone Missing: The State of the Union Address Henry R. Black, MD, and Roxana Mehran, MD, talked with Medscape after the 2012 State of the Union address about why healthcare was missing and what that portends.
Medscape Cardiology, January 26, 2012
Cytokine Disturbances in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Cytokines are receiving great attention as candidate biomarkers for disease activity and targets of novel biologic agents for SLE.
Arthritis Research & Therapy, January 19, 2012
Arthritis, Fever, and Frontal Headache: Make the Diagnosis Dr. Jonathan Kay discusses the case of a woman with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and uveitis who developed headache and a fever. The diagnosis might surprise you.
Medscape Rheumatology, January 11, 2012

Tired of Being a Doctor? Choices for Opting Out of Medicine Some doctors want to move up into administrative jobs, while others want to leave the profession completely. But what to do? Here's how to decide.
Medscape Business of Medicine, February 2012
If Patients Bash You on Internet Rating Sites, Consider This Being trashed on the Internet is a distressing experience for physicians. How to decide whether it's worth fighting back?
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012
Why Income May Drop if You Sell Your Practice to a Hospital Hospitals are purchasing more practices, but sometimes selling your practice leads to a drop in your profits and income. Here's how to make sure that doesn't happen.
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012
Failure to Discuss Healthcare Reform Was Purposeful Lapse An "Obamacare" opponent asserts that the president avoided discussing healthcare reform because the topic is contentious, and says why we should repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012
An ACO Visionary Talks Implementation, Healthcare Reform Dr. Elliott Fisher of the Dartmouth Institute discusses the ins and out of ACOs and more.
Medscape Internal Medicine, January 2012

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Most Think Ideology Will Affect Ruling on Health Law Just 28 percent of those surveyed believe the justices will base their decision on the mandate without regard to politics and ideology, according to the survey.
Kaiser Health News, February 2, 2012
Goal-Directed Therapy Pays Off in RA Regular monitoring and treating to a DAS-28 score of less than 2.6 produces better RA outcomes than not monitoring DAS-28 or the HAQ-Disability Index score.
Medscape Medical News, January 20, 2012

Healthcare Gone Missing: The State of the Union Address Henry R. Black, MD, and Roxana Mehran, MD, talked with Medscape after the 2012 State of the Union address about why healthcare was missing and what that portends.
Medscape Cardiology, January 26, 2012
Tackling Prescription Drug Abuse With Formulary Restriction? Prescription drug abuse is now epidemic. How can clinicians help address the problem?
Medscape Psychiatry, January 18, 2012