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  • Renowned international researcher to review latest developments in antibody-based therapies

    Renowned international researcher to review latest developments in antibody-based therapies

    For the past 20 years, investigator John D. Isaacs, MD, PhD, FRCP, Professor of Clinical Rheumatology at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, has focused his work on the potential of novel immunotherapies to treat rheumatoid arthritis — ranging from target identification to early…

  • Humanities play an important role in  healthcare, says ARHP keynote speaker

    Humanities play an important role in healthcare, says ARHP keynote speaker

    The humanities come in many forms — literature, music, art, and nature, to name a few — and give perspective on what it means to be human. They are also rich in what they can offer patients and healthcare professionals, said ARHP keynote speaker Paulette…

  • Genomic, epigenomic research into underpinnings of RA  show therapeutic promise

    Genomic, epigenomic research into underpinnings of RA show therapeutic promise

    This year’s recipient of the Rheumatology Research Foundation Paul Klemperer, MD, Memorial Lectureship, Gary Firestein, MD, dedicated his lecture Sunday to an explanation of research into how the human genome, epigenome, and environmental factors lead to the development and progression of RA and how this…

  • New guideline for  glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis coming

    New guideline for glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis coming

    A Sunday afternoon clinical symposium described how the draft guideline, which has not yet been approved by the ACR, expands on the 2010 guideline to consider the fracture risk and treatment options among new patient populations and how the recommendations vary based on glucocorticoid dose.

  • PANLAR Scholars

    PANLAR Scholars

    The ACR is proud to promote the PANLAR Scholarship Program in which rheumatologists from Central and South America are provided funding to attend the ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting.

  • Today’s Knowledge Bowl finals set

    Today’s Knowledge Bowl finals set

    Rheum-Nados from Franciscan Alliance and Tram-a-dolls from Oregon Health & Science University qualified Sunday for the finals of this year’s Knowledge Bowl.

  • Push toward increased transparency in healthcare will keep accelerating

    Push toward increased transparency in healthcare will keep accelerating

    With the passage of the Sunshine Act, part of the Affordable Care Act, the requirements for disclosures regarding interactions between pharmaceutical and device companies and physicians have changed, and other websites as well now disseminate more information about providers.

  • ARHP presidential gavel passes to Afton Hassett today

    ARHP presidential gavel passes to Afton Hassett today

    Upon receiving the presidential gavel, Dr. Hassett will become the 48th ARHP president. Dr. Hassett is a clinical psychologist and associate research scientist in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan.

  • Learn about grant writing Wednesday morning

    The goal of this session is to allow for grant writers in all career stages (including preparing a Foundation Scientific Development Award, an NIH K-award, or an R-grant) to discuss specific questions with program officers or representatives from various grant programs.

  • Ultrasound advances lead to better understanding of posterior hip pain

    Ultrasound advances lead to better understanding of posterior hip pain

    Hip Pain, Not from the Hip Joint — Posterior Hip Pain features David A. Bong, MD, describing relevant structures in the posterior hip that may generate pain and explain how complimentary diagnostic procedures assist in approaching nonarticular sources of pain in the hip.