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Volume 3, Issue 4, Pages 1-46 (April 2004)

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News: Stress shifts to adjacent vertebra

Fractures Common After Kyphoplasty
Betsy Bates
pages 1-4
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News: No infections, fractures

Hand Surgery Restores Function In Scleroderma: Improving survival trends and wound healing expertise justifed the risks
Betsy Bates
pages 1-2
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News: Randomized, double-blind study

Epidural Steroids Not of Benefit in Lumbar Pain: Efficacy of popular practice questioned
Betsy Bates
pages 1-2
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Features

Vital Signs: Rheumatologists' Professional Activity, 2002
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News: ‘8 glasses a day’ no longer the mantra

Panel Reassesses Daily Water, Electrolyte Needs
Patrice Norton
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News: Fewer complications

Patient Volume Linked to Outcomes Following Knee Arthroplasty
Anne Scheck
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News: Obese patients at higher risk

BMI Tied to Arthritis of Knee, Infection After Joint Surgery
Anne Scheck
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News: Inhibitors in the pipeline

Antiangiogenesis May Be Useful Lever in RA Tx
Bruce Jancin
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News: SELENA trial

Hormone Therapy Tied to Mild Lupus Flares
Kate Johnson
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News: Use lowest effective dose

OCs Unnecessarily Discouraged in SLE Patients
Kate Johnson
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News: One year after implementation

HIPAA Privacy Rule Still Raises Risk Questions
Doug Brunk
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Opinion: Ask the Expert

Beyond Wear and Tear
Joseph A. Buckwalter
page 9
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Opinion: Guest Editorial

Dealing With Complications
Robert L. Vogelzang
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Arthritis: Compared with European centers

U.S. Early Arthritis Clinics Face Rocky Start
Diana Mahoney
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Arthritis: Compared with nondepressed recipients

Depressed Patients Benefit Less From Joint Surgery
Betsy Bates
page 11
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Arthritis: Interleukin-1 inhibitors

Development Pipeline for RA Agents Looks Full of Alternatives
Bruce Jancin
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Arthritis: Expert advice

Look to Oncology for Ways to Be Aggressive Enough on RA
Kate Johnson
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Arthritis: Usage is thriving

Older RA Drugs Hold Their Own In Era of Biologics
Kate Johnson
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Arthritis: Designed for primary care practice

Four Questions Quickly Assesss Arthritis Severity
Mitchel L. Zoler
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Arthritis: Drug toxicity or underlying disease?

Respiratory Symptoms Call for Stepwise Dx
Bruce Jancin
pages 14-15
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Arthritis: MTX a common culprit

Identifying Tx-Related Lung Injury
Bruce Jancin
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Lupus/CT Diseases: Surgery is not a good way to go

GI Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis Runs Stem to Stern
Bruce Jancin
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Lupus/CT Diseases: Interferon, prostacyclins, relaxin

Experimental Agents For SclerodermaYield Mixed Results
Joyce Frieden
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Lupus/CT Diseases: Beyond Bohan and Peter?

Look at the Skin for Dermatomyositis Tx Clues
Diana Mahoney
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Lupus/CT Diseases: Distinctive appearence

New Cutaneous Form of Lyme Identified
Bruce Jancin
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Lupus/CT Diseases: Opportunity to alter disease course

Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Lost to Follow-Up, Better Tx
Bruce Jancin
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Lupus/CT Diseases: May be part of neurologic dysregulation

Chronic Headaches Affect Majority of Fibromyalgia Patients
Norra MacReady
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Lupus/CT Diseases: Reliance on x-rays

NY Criteria Cloud Ankylosing Spondylitis Dx
Bruce Jancin
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Pediatric Rheumatology: Almost one-fourth had fractures

Bone Health Poor in Survivors of Solid Tumors
Betsy Bates
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Osteoporosis: Algorithms for bisphosphonate use

Consensus Builds on Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis
Bruce Jancin
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Osteoporosis: Findings clash with expert opinion

Interpret With Caution: Computer Densitometry
Damian McNamara
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Osteoporosis: Bisphosphonates, statins, anabolic agents

Consider Adjunctive Medical Tx in Osteonecrosis
Bruce Jancin
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Osteoporosis: Both BMD measures are needed

Densitometry Screening of Men Requires Femoral Neck, Total Hip
Damian McNamara
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Osteoporosis: In postmenopausal women

Osteoporosis-CVD Tie Suggests Physiologic Link
Robert Finn
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Practice Trends: Would incentivize quality

Clinton Eyes EMRs as Key to Health Care Reform
Erik L. Goldman
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Practice Trends: Ethical issues raised

Malpractice Woes Driving Physicians to Politicking
Jennifer Silverman
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Practice Trends: Budget outlook 2005

President's Proposed Cuts to Education, Research Draw Fire
Jennifer Silverman
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Practice Trends: Impact on provision of infusion drugs

CMS Urged to Track Effect of Payment Plan
Mary Ellen Schneider
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Practice Trends

Policy & Practice
Mary Ellen Schneider
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Practice Trends: One number for all health plans

Unique Identifiers to Simplify Claims Processing
Jennifer Silverman
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Practice Trends: Inspection, enforcement limited

Clinical Trials: The New Frontier in Health Fraud
Joyce Frieden
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Practice Trends: 75% of volunteers drop out or are lost

Lack of Trust in Clinical Trials Impedes Recruitment
Jennifer Silverman
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Across Specialties: $10 million to spend and counting

Specialty Societies Join Forces to Campaign for Federal Tort Reform
Peggy Peck
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Across Specialties: Errors must be reduced

Damage Caps Not Enough to Resolve Crisis
Jennifer Silverman
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Across Specialties: New book explores causes

‘Culture of Blame’ Perpetuates Medical Mistakes
Jane Salodof MacNeil
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Across Specialties: Risk factors, early diagnosis

Experts Bracing for West Nile Virus, 2004 Edition
Nancy Walsh
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Across Specialties: Only 36% are immunized

Health Care Workers: Get Your Flu Shot
Miriam E. Tucker
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Across Specialties: For 2004-2005 season

FDA Panel Recommends Changes to Flu Vaccine
Elizabeth Mechcatie
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Across Specialties: Only 29% receive prophylaxis

Deep Vein Thrombosis Overlooked, Experts Say
Jeff Evans
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Across Specialties: Local-level health risk data

CDC Maps Risky Behavior to Focus Disease Prevention Efforts
Sherry Boschert
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Across Specialties: Switch to meds that don't cause rebound

Rx-Overuse Headaches Require ‘Bridge Therapies’
Robert Finn
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Across Specialties: Versus a decade ago

Cardiac Risk Factors More Common
Doug Brunk
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Across Specialties: Compared with men

Women Downplay Acute Coronary Symptom Severity
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Across Specialties: Effort first of its kind

Group Grades Herbs On Strength of Data
Timothy F. Kirn
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Across Specialties: Alternative Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach

Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic Disease
Nancy Walsh
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Across Specialties: No increased breast cancer risk

Estrogen-Only Arm of WHI Halted Due to Stroke
Michele G. Sullivan
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Across Specialties: Memory problems, confusion, dizziness

Pain Relievers Top Problematic Rx List in Elderly
Diana Mahoney
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Features

Data Watch: What Patients Are Willing to Pay per Month for E-Mail Consultations
page 45
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Products
page 46
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Frontmatter

Editorial Staff and Advisory Board
page A1
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