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An immediate access clinic significantly reduced the wait times for patients seeking rheumatology assessments, based on data from 660 patients seen between February and December 2009. The findings were published in the March issue of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. "The delay from symptom... »
Herbs Are Not Viable Osteoarthritis Treatment
Patients with osteoarthritis who routinely turn to devil’s claw, Indian frankincense, ginger, and other herbal medicines for symptom relief may want to think twice about this practice. According to a review of these products that appears in the January 2012 issue of Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin,... »
Most Recreational Sports Do Not Elevate Osteoarthritis Risk
CHICAGO – Good news for weekend warriors, and even for devout recreational athletes: Playing most sports won’t increase the risk for knee osteoarthritis, according to findings from a meta-analysis involving more than 6,000 adults. Information about the relative risks of knee OA as a result of... »
An immediate access clinic significantly reduced the wait times for patients seeking rheumatology assessments, based on data from 660 patients seen between February and December 2009. The findings were published in the March... »
Spot Lumbar Spinal Stenosis From Across the Room
SNOWMASS, COLO. – Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis display a distinctive gait and posture that are of great assistance in diagnosing this common low back/leg pain syndrome. "I find that in the supermarket I can... »
Herbs Are Not Viable Osteoarthritis Treatment
Patients with osteoarthritis who routinely turn to devil’s claw, Indian frankincense, ginger, and other herbal medicines for symptom relief may want to think twice about this practice. According to a review of these... »
CHICAGO – Despite their bigger bones, postmenopausal women with osteoarthritis appear to be at a greater risk of falls and subsequent fractures, compared to their counterparts without the joint disease, according to an... »
Preventing Arthritis After Knee Injury
After knee injury, do physicians have a rare opportunity to intervene and perhaps prevent the development of osteoarthritis? Dr. Amanda Nelson discusses the possibilities. See related story at... »
Wedge Insoles and Knee Osteoarthritis
Four studies have now shown that wedge insoles are not effective in reducing pain and improving function in knee osteoarthritis, Kim Bennell, Ph.D., says. View Video Now. »
The Problem A 97 year-old independently living female presents with her family because she is having increasing difficulty getting around at home. She has a history of a permanent pacemaker for “cardiac conduction disease,”... »
Osteoarthritis: Disease or Late-Life Benchmark?
Osteoarthritis is a well-accepted diagnosis among physicians for a painful and stiff joint, but the other day I spoke with a rheumatologist who has a very different take on how to characterize these symptoms. Photo... »
Now tell me where ELSE it hurts…
When it comes to managing chronic pain, have physicians been looking in the wrong places? Physical findings in peripheral tissues rarely match up with patients’ reports of pain, or vice versa.... »
| Feb 28 - Mar 4 Sarasota, FL | American Medical Seminars: Rheumatology |
| Mar 21 New York, NY | New York University (NYU): Pediatric Rheumatology |
| Mar 22 - 24 New York, NY | New York University/Hospital for Joint Disease: Seminar in Advanced Rheumatology |
| Mar 28 - 31 Victoria, | Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA): Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting |
| Apr 26 - 29 Barcelona, | OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI): World Congress on Osteoarthritis |
| Apr 27 - 29 Chicago, IL | American College of Rheumatology (ACR): State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium |
| Apr 27 - 28 Baltimore, MD | Johns Hopkins University (JHU): Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of the Rheumatic Diseases |
| Apr 27 - 29 Marina del Rey, CA | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): Carl M. Pearson Memorial Symposium: Frontiers of Rheumatology |
| May 1 - 4 Glasgow, | British Society for Rheumatology (BSR): Annual Conference (Rheumatology 2012) |
| May 2 - 6 Destin, FL | Congress of Clinical Rheumatology |