TheMighty.com featuring Anne R. Bass, MD ...

Researchers have identified a gut bacterium that can trigger the antiphospholipid antibodies seen in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), an underrecognized autoimmune disease that can lead to abnormal blood clot formation in arteries and v...

BMS.com featuring Vivian P. Bykerk, BSc, MD, FRCPC ...

The Rheumatologist featuring Lisa R. Sammaritano, MD ...

ConsumerReports.org featuring Iris Navarro-Millan, MD ...

A new study by researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery shines a light on Adult Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD), a rare autoinflammatory disorder that is underdiagnosed in the United States, and identifies risk factors that predispose afflicted pat...

HealthCentral.com featuring Weijia Yuan, MD ...

The Rheumatologist featuring Adena Batterman, MSW, LCSW ...

HealthCentral.com featuring Weijia Yuan, MD ...

The Rheumatologist featuring Michael D. Lockshin, MD ...

Healio Rheumatology featuring Laura Donlin, PhD ...

Newly identified subsets of cell types present in joint tissue in people with rheumatoid arthritis and how they interact may explain why only some people respond to existing medications, according to two studies by co-senior author Laura Donlin, PhD,...

Consumer Reports featuring Lisa A. Mandl, MD, MPH ...

The Arthritis Foundation featuring Lisa R. Sammaritano, MD ...

Women who have healthy pregnancies tend to show distinct changes in the activities of immune genes starting early in pregnancy, while women who have complicated pregnancies tend to show clear departures from that pattern, according to a new study fro...

Creaky Joints featuring Michael D. Lockshin, MD ...

Hospital for Special Surgery is evaluating a novel therapeutic approach for diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc), one of the most serious, potentially disabling and life-threatening rheumatic diseases. The double-blind, randomized, placebo-co...

The Rheumatologist reports on new research looking at smoking as a risk for autoimmune diseases. "During the last decade or so, accumulating data has consistently demonstrated a strong association between cigarette smoking and rheumatoid arthritis...

In this podcast, Lisa Sammaritano, MD, rheumatologist at HSS, discusses the importance of combining expertise for managing reproductive health in a patient with a rheumatic disease. She talks about educating patients on their options, contraception, ...

MedPage Today reporter Nancy Walsh writes about new recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of juvenile localized scleroderma."Children with suspected localized scleroderma are carefully assessed by a pediatric rheumatologist, and may be refe...

The Rheumatologist reports that rheumatologists are the happiest medical specialists outside of work according to the Medscape Physician Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2019.Anne R. Bass, MD, rheumatologist at HSS, says, "You don’t go into rheumatology ...

U.S. News & World Reportwrites on the use of acupuncture to treat arthritic pain. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in four adults in the U.S have arthritis, with the most common type being osteoarthritis (OA).Surgical ...

Orthopedics This Weekfeatures a new study from HSS that examined data from nearly 4,000 total knee arthroplasties to determine if there were different outcomes for patients living in immigrant communities.The study appears in the January 31, 2019 iss...

The Arthritis Foundationreports that losing some weight can help manage arthritis. Research has shown that while diet and exercise combined is the most effective way to drop a few pounds, dieting alone helps more than exercise alone.Susan M. Goodman,...

MedPage Todayreports that pulmonary disease rates are high in lupus patients according to a new study conducted in Sweden. The study found that compared to the general population, patients with SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus) had a nearly 6-fold h...

MDedge reports on a panel discussion at the Winter Rheumatology Symposium sponsored by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) that covered different approaches to treat methotrexate-related nausea and fatigue. Vivian P. Bykerk, BSc, MD, FRCPC, r...

The Rheumatologist reports on changes in the field of rheumatology based on a session at the 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting. Vivian Bykerk, BSc, MD, FRCPC, rheumatologist and director of the Inflammatory Arthritis Center at HSS, explains that randomiz...

The Rheumatologist reports on a new reproductive health guideline draft presented at the 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting.  Lisa R. Sammaritano, MD, rheumatologist at HSS, presented the recommendations from three draft manuscripts that will be submitted...

Can krill oil improve the quality of life of people living with systemic lupus erythematous? A clinical trial, involving 20 centers in the United States, is currently enrolling patients to answer this question. Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), in ...

MedPage Today reporter Nancy Walsh writes on the current thinking for gout treatment including interleukin (IL)-1β blockade. "The anti-IL-1 approach to refractory gout remains promising," says Theodore R. Fields, MD, FACP, rheumatologist at HSS. "I...