Rheumatology Experts & Viewpoints

Update On Lupus: Treatment Reality Check In this update video blog on treating systemic lupus erythematosus, Stephen Paget, MD, highlights issues surrounding current clinical trials and present a personal approach to treatment.
Commentary, August 2008
Retooling for an Aging America Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, President, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, discusses the impact of the "baby boomer" generation on medicine.
Commentary, August 2008
Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors vs New Biologics for the Treatment of Inflammatory Joint Diseases: Evidence on Safety and Efficacy -- An Expert Interview With Jonathan Kay, MD Jonathan Kay, MD, summarizes the latest updates with tumor necrosis factor inhibitor for the treatment of RA, as illustrated by data from EULAR 2008.
Expert Interview, July 2008
The ACR-EULAR Collaboration: An Expert Interview With David A. Fox, MD David A. Fox, MD, President, ACR, provides expert commentary to Medscape on the new collaborative initiative between the ACR and EULAR.
Expert Interview, July 2008
EULAR 2008 Highlights From Daniel Furst, MD Daniel Furst, MD, gives his perspectives on key advances presented at EULAR 2008.
Commentary, July 2008
Physicians for Sale: How Medical Professional Organizations Exploit Their Members To improve the state of US healthcare, physicians need to rethink what their profession is and identify what they need to do to regain their professional integrity.
Commentary, July 2008
Building Physician Connectivity for e-Prescribing Kevin Hutchinson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Prematics, Inc., in Vienna, Virginia, tells us how to move e-prescribing forward.
Expert Interview, July 2008
What Is the Risk of Osteonecrosis in Long-term Survivors of Cancer? In this videoblog, Dr. Maurie Markman discusses findings from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, which highlight the importance of long-term studies.
Commentary, July 2008
New Options With IL-6 Antagonists: Treating the Systemic Manifestation of RA: An Expert Interview With Joel Kremer, MD Joel Kremer, MD, summarizes some of the recent advances with IL-6 for the treatment of RA, as illustrated by data from EULAR 2008.
Expert Interview, July 2008
EULAR 2008 Highlights From Ronald F. van Vollenhoven, MD, PhD Ronald F. van Vollenhoven, MD, PhD, gives his perspectives on some of the highlights at EULAR 2008.
Commentary, July 2008

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Update On Lupus: Treatment Reality Check In this update video blog on treating systemic lupus erythematosus, Stephen Paget, MD, highlights issues surrounding current clinical trials and present a personal approach to treatment.
Commentary, August 2008

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