ACR 2019 - Report from Day 3 (Tuesday)
15 November 2019
Here's my summary of key studies presented Tuesday.
Tofacitinib in Polyarticular JIA
Can The Happiest Subspecialists Experience Burnout?
14 November 2019
The Medscape’s Physician Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2019 crowned rheumatologists as the happiest subspecialists. We topped the list with 65% of the respondents indicating that they were happy outside of work.
Rheum for Interpretation: Three Tips to Apply RCTs to Your Clinical Practice
14 November 2019
At the 2019 ACR Annual Meeting in Atlanta, almost 500 presentations discussed new randomized controlled trials (RCTs). We are lucky to have so much research activity in our field, but applying an RCT to your daily practice can be challenging.
Muscle Loss and Frailty in Rheumatic Disease
13 November 2019
“If exercise could be purchased in a pill, it would be the single most widely prescribed and beneficial medicine in the nation.” —Robert H. Butler, MD, first director of the National Institute on Aging.
IL-17 inhibitors in non-radiographic axial SpA
11 November 2019
This meeting sees new data on using anti-IL-17 agents in non-radiographic axial SpA. Up until now these patients have only had TNF inhibitors available, so data about the efficacy of IL17 inhibitors is really important.
