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VIDEO: PPACMAN aims to advance the combined rheum-derm clinic approach in the community
SAN DIEGO - The idea behind starting PPACMAN the Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Clinics Multicenter Advancement Networkwas to form clinics at...
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How to direct refer for GI endoscopy
MAUI, HAWAII – There is a right way and a wrong way to make a direct referral for GI endoscopy, says gastroenterologist Uma Mahadevan, MD.
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Role of musculoskeletal ultrasound expands in rheumatic diseases
MAUI, HAWAII – Recent studies highlight ultrasound’s utility across a broad spectrum of rheumatic diseases.
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Could guselkumab be a disease-modifying agent in plaque psoriasis?
SAN DIEGO – Questions remain about why some patients maintain durable response.
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TNF inhibitors curb spinal x-ray progression in ankylosing spondylitis
MAUI, HAWAII – Benefit is mediated via inhibition of disease activity.
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Ustekinumab quells aortic inflammation in patients with severe psoriasis
SAN DIEGO – The benefit may be a class-associated effect.
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Badly behaved neutrophils are novel target in rheumatic diseases
MAUI, HAWAII – “Neutrophils are like these bumbling idiots that just come in and hit everything in sight and cause all sorts of damage.”
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Evaluations of Medicaid experiments by states, CMS are weak, GAO says
“Demonstration programs have been used since the 1990s to advance policy agenda for whoever holds power in Washington and not designed to test an...
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Will Indiana Medicaid work requirements pass legal muster?
Indiana’s waiver requires certain Medicaid recipients to work or volunteer at least 20 hours a week to qualify for health care coverage.
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Cyberliability insurance: Should you purchase a policy?
Breaking and entering? Is it time for health care providers to buy cyberpolicies in case of expensive data breaches?
From the Journals
Treatment priorities often differ between RA patients, clinicians
Qualitative study finds potential areas for improvement in patient-clinician communication.