Osteoarthritis Perspective

• Battling Obesity by Breaking Down Barriers Two primary care physicians detail their experiences in treating those with obesity through a community-based dedicated weight clinic after receiving their obesity medicine certification.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 19, 2022
• OARSI 2022 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from OARSI 2022.
  Medscape Rheumatology, April 05, 2022
• Machine Learning in Rheumatology: Beyond Clinical Instincts Recent examples of machine learning in rheumatology provide a promising framework for showing how its power can be harnessed in clinical care, says Karmela Kim Chan, MD.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, April 05, 2022
• Practice Guidelines Highlights From the Past Year Here are some updates on treating C diff, knee osteoarthritis, and STIs.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, March 08, 2022
• We Are Failing People With Chronic Pain An experienced nurse discusses why the healthcare community is failing those who suffer from chronic pain, with huge implications for an aging American workforce.
  Medscape Blogs, March 01, 2022
• CRA 2022 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from CRA 2022.
  Medscape Rheumatology, January 31, 2022
• Osteoarthritis Phenotyping Makes Progress Karmela Kim Chan, MD, discusses recent efforts to phenotype osteoarthritis, which have not yet been applied successfully to match appropriate treatment to the appropriate patient population.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, January 20, 2022
• ACR 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ACR 2021
  Medscape Rheumatology, November 03, 2021
• USPSTF Statement on Aspirin: Poor Messaging at Best Could the messaging around the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's draft aspirin recommendations put some patients who likely benefit at risk?
  theheart.org on Medscape, October 19, 2021
• Managing Hip Pain: Clinicians Debate Readers weighed in on Dr Vega's management of a patient with hip pain. Here's the crowdsourced opinion.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 16, 2021
• PANLAR 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from PANLAR 2021.
  Medscape Rheumatology, August 18, 2021
• More Rheumatology Patients Are Using Cannabis: Are You Ready? Karmela Kim Chan, MD, looks at the many unknowns in play regarding the use of and current state of knowledge about medical marijuana and cannabis-derived drugs in patients with rheumatic diseases.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, August 17, 2021
• Hip OA: What's the Best First Option? Dr Charles Vega has a patient with painful and lifestyle-limiting hip OA. Is he taking the right course of treatment?
  Medscape Family Medicine, August 10, 2021
• How Often Should You Check Bone Mineral Density?   Osteopenia has a new name, and we're probably doing too many DEXA scans. Get up-to-date with The Curbsiders.
  The Curbsiders, July 21, 2021
• Fall Prevention Advice for Patients With Parkinson's Tai chi's emphasis on balance and strength may make it an excellent option for older adults.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 20, 2021
• OARSI 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from OARSI Connect ‘21
  Medscape Rheumatology, May 05, 2021
• CAC Scores, Lp(a), CRP: CV Screening in Real Life   Lipidologists Budoff and Baum discuss real-life implications of the CAC score and how to apply it, and other measures, to everyday patients.
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape , November 23, 2020
• ACR 2020 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ACR 2020
  Medscape Rheumatology, November 05, 2020
• Are We Shortchanging Patients With Obesity? Recent studies suggest that patients are capable of greater weight loss than doctors might be giving them credit for. We can help more people benefit than we currently do, says Dr Richard Plotzker.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, November 05, 2020
• Stop the Benzo: It's Worth the Screaming The potential benefits of benzodiazepines among older adults are simply outweighed by the risks. But is stopping them worth the fight?
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 27, 2020