ACR 2018

Airing at ACR

Art, Science Collide to Inspire Clinical Practice Graphic artist Alece Birnbach has been asking physicians about their practices, their challenges, and what they think medicine will look like by the year 2030. Here is what they unearthed.
Medscape Medical News, October 25, 2018
Mortality Risk Doubles for Gout When Uric Acid Not Optimal Risk for death doubles when gout patients fail to achieve optimal levels of serum uric acid, new research shows, so treatment to target is essential.
Medscape Medical News, October 24, 2018
Missed Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Targets Challenge Physicians Guidelines for rheumatoid arthritis call for testing and treatment until low disease activity is achieved, but an analysis of 50,000 patients from the RISE registry point to missed opportunities.
Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2018
Physicians Prescribe Too Many Opioids for Osteoarthritis Analysis of an insurance claims database shows that more than half the patients treated with opioids were managed inappropriately, according to investigators developing criteria to flag problems.
Medscape Medical News, October 22, 2018
Patients With Lupus Report More Flares, Different Symptoms Symptoms that patients with lupus experience might surprise some physicians, which can lead to communication challenges in the clinic, results from a patient survey suggest.
Medscape Medical News, October 21, 2018
Hollywood Exec's Near-Death Story Tells Power of Resilience Jonathan Koch was in peak physical condition when, within 48 hours, a rare disease nearly took his life. He urges physicians not to underestimate what a motivated patient can do to survive.
Medscape Medical News, October 21, 2018
Takeaways From 15 Years of Biologics at ACR Specialists will track major advances in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis over recent years and discuss implications for the future at the upcoming American College of Rheumatology meeting.
Medscape Medical News, October 16, 2018

Conference News

ACR 2018 Achilles Tendon Damage Prevalent in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Medscape Medical News, October 31, 2018
ACR 2018 Brisk Walking Delays Knee Replacement in Osteoarthritis
Medscape Medical News, October 30, 2018
ACR 2018 Long-term Secukinumab Effective for Ankylosing Spondylitis
Medscape Medical News, October 26, 2018
ACR 2018 Neuroplasticity Altered With Chronic Back Pain
Medscape Medical News, October 25, 2018
ACR 2018 First IgG4-related Disease Guidelines Presented
Medscape Medical News, October 24, 2018
ACR 2018 Daily Meditation Helps Arthritis Patient With Chronic Pain
Medscape Medical News, October 24, 2018

ACR 2018 Antiphospholipid Antibody Linked to First MI
Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2018
ACR 2018 Sexual Dysfunction Overlooked in Men With Lupus
Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2018
ACR 2018 Apps, Wearables Help Physicians and Patients Track Symptoms
Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2018
ACR 2018 High-Dose Flu Vaccine Boosts Immune Response in RA Patients
Medscape Medical News, October 22, 2018
ACR 2018 Checkpoint Inhibitors, Wearables Among Hot Topics at ACR
Medscape Medical News, October 15, 2018

Daily Buzz

October 23 Daily Buzz at ACR 2018 Today at ACR 2018, a smaller-than-expected effect of bDMARDs in poor countries was reported, and art and rheumatology intersected to look into the future.
Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2018
October 22 Daily Buzz at ACR 2018 A session on the treat-to-target goal in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and an abstract making the case that patients are not whiners and complainers made news today at the meeting.
Medscape Medical News, October 22, 2018
October 21 Daily Buzz at ACR 2018 At the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting: Scientific trial results publish plus an opening lecture featuring a heartfelt patient story.
Medscape Medical News, October 21, 2018
October 20 Daily Buzz at ACR 2018 Conference attendees have fired off nearly 950 tweets in the past 24 hours, and many specialists are talking about gout.
Medscape Medical News, October 20, 2018

Popular News from ACR 2017

Stop Methotrexate in RA Patients for 2 Weeks After Flu Shot A temporary suspension of methotrexate boosts the immune response to flu vaccination with no increase in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity, a randomized clinical trial shows.
Medscape Medical News, Nov 05, 2017
Subcutaneous Secukinumab Relieves Psoriatic Arthritis The interleukin-17A inhibitor is effective and safe, according to first results from the ongoing FUTURE5 study, the largest controlled trial of a biologic for psoriatic arthritis to date.
Medscape Medical News, Nov 14, 2017
New ACR, EULAR Criteria Distinguish Lupus From Imitators Researchers from around the world contributed to the development of classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) designed to distinguish the autoimmunity from common mimickers.
Medscape Medical News, Nov 09, 2017

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