Researchers have long noted links between cancer and autoimmune rheumatic diseases, particularly with patients developing cancer and traditional rheumatic diseases together over time. Clinicians are now seeing some of those […]
This year’s ARHP Keynote Address focused on the one prescription available to everybody that has unlimited refills — physical activity. “I tell my patients that if I could pick one […]
Renowned endocrinologist Fuller Albright and colleagues discovered in the late 1920s that parathyroid hormone (PTH) — known to take calcium from bone — could be used to increase bone mass. […]
The discovery of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCAs) revolutionized the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of small vessel vasculitis associated with these autoantibodies. Attendees of the Rheumatology Research Foundation Philip Hench, MD, […]
Advances in immunology research continue to open new doors for rheumatologists. During a state-of-the-art lecture Tuesday, R. John Looney, MD, will highlight recent advances and bring attendees up-to-date on the […]
You’re invited to attend the annual ACR Business Meeting on Tuesday! The ACR will install the 81st President of the American College of Rheumatology, David Daikh, MD, PhD. During the […]
The Tuesday afternoon lecture Genetics of Chronic Pain will focus on what has become a public health problem affecting, by one estimate, a quarter of Americans. William Maixner, DDS, PhD, […]
Training and workforce issues will be the topic of discussion during the annual ILAR Session: How Rheumatologists Are Trained Around the Globe on Tuesday from 2:30 – 3:30 pm in […]
ARHP President Afton Hassett, PsyD, will pass the presidential gavel to Sandra Mintz, MSN, RN, during today’s ARHP Topic Round Tables: Networking Forum, 12:00 – 2:00 pm in the Sapphire […]
The rheumatic diseases and the field of rheumatology encompass a wide range of medical conditions affecting multiple organ systems. These conditions reflect diverse pathogenic mechanisms and result in functional limitations, […]