Rheumatology News

• Multi-State Opioid Crackdown Nets Indictment Against 7 Physicians Individuals across six states were charged with the illegal distribution of more than 115 million opioid pills, according to officials.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• Doc Pay Up; Patient Demand, Labor Market Cause Struggles: Report The spike in inflation, patient demand, and a tight labor market contribute to physician practices' woes, according to a new market report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• Nurses, Med Staff Voice Their Heartache About Nurse Suicide Second suicide this year of male nurse from a Northern California hospital inspired compassion on social media and calls for more mental health initiatives.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2022
• LGBT+ Residents Show Greater Rates of Depression: Study A new study shows that "sexual minority" residents face greater rates of depressive symptoms than their heterosexual peers in training, indicating more work needs to be done with inclusivity.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2022
• Alert Upadacitinib Earns FDA Approval for Ankylosing Spondylitis Janus kinase inhibitor offers oral option for patients who have failed treatment.
  FDA Approvals, May 02, 2022
• BSR 2022 Using DEXA to Grade Hip OA Could Aid Diagnosis, Prognosis A novel semiautomated scoring system enables dual energy x-ray absorptiometry scans of the hip to be graded and provide useful clinical information.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• BSR 2022 Lupus May Lead to Worse Stroke Outcomes for Women, but Not Men Women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were 20% more likely to have a prolonged hospital stay and 28% less likely to have a routine home discharge, compared with patients who did not have SLE.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• Restrictive, Vegan-Based Diet Linked to Fewer RA Symptoms A small, randomized, crossover study suggests a vegan diet improves joint pain in rheumatoid arthritis, but the findings are unclear.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• Some Good News: Oklahoma City Bombing Survivor Becomes MD Need a break from the negative headlines? We've got you covered with these feel-good stories.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• 'Sexual Minority' Med Students Face Inclusivity Challenges: Study Yale study finds that gay, lesbian, and bisexual med students view their learning experiences less favorably than their heterosexual peers and encounter higher levels of burnout.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• 19, Including Physician, Charged in NBA Health Fraud Case Federal officials allege healthcare professionals provided former basketball players with false invoices to submit for reimbursement.
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2022
• BSR 2022 IBD Risk 'Uncertain' in Biologic-Treated Patients With AxSpA 'Enormous uncertainty' surrounds the risk of inflammatory bowel disease associated with biologic treatment in patients with axial spondyloarthritis.
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2022
• 30 Years of Fake Nursing Ends With 7-Year Prison Sentence After three decades of pretending to be a nurse in Canada and the US, a woman with a lengthy criminal record was sentenced to 7 years prison.
  Medscape Medical News, April 27, 2022
• How Old Is Too Old to Work as a Doctor? Some hospitals and medical groups have raised the question of testing older physicians for mental and physical competency. A number of doctors agree; others contest its usefulness.
  Medscape Medical News, April 27, 2022
• SCCM 2022 No Zinc Benefit Seen in COVID for Mortality or ICU Stays In an analysis of registry data including 2000 hospitalized COVID patients, those who had taken zinc recently had no better outcomes than those who hadn't been taking zinc.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
• SCCM 2022 Thanks to COVID-19, Drug Shortages Take Center Stage While COVID-19 didn't fundamentally alter the number of drug shortages, protecting the medical supply chain has become an important national priority.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
• OARSI 2022 OARSI Sets Sights on Classifying Early-Stage Knee Osteoarthritis "Early-stage knee OA classification criteria, we believe, are critically required," Gillian Hawker, MD, said at the OARSI 2022 World Congress.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
• OARSI 2022 Wearable Sensors Reliable for Home Gait Assessment in Knee OA Remote use of wearable gait sensors appears reliable but yields results slightly different from those achieved in the laboratory, researchers from Boston University have found.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
• Sarcopenia Shortens Survival of People With Type 2 Diabetes A population-based, retrospective review of 200,000 Taiwan residents showed significantly worse survival of people with type 2 diabetes and sarcopenia compared with those only with type 2 diabetes.
  First Look, April 26, 2022
• Are Healthcare Institutions Doing Enough for Physicians? It's no secret that healthcare professionals are burned out and fed up. How, if it all, are healthcare institutions addressing employees' demand for a better work-life balance?
  Medscape Medical News, April 25, 2022