Rob Volansky

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Rheumatologists ‘could have written the book’ on frailty, sarcopenia

1 week ago | healio.com | Rob Volansky

DESTIN, Fla. — Rheumatologists are uniquely positioned to define and manage sarcopenia and frailty, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East annual meeting. “We as rheumatologists could have written the book on frailty before the geriatricians,” said Nancy E.
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis contains multiple subtypes, more than ‘RA junior’

1 week ago | healio.com | Rob Volansky

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In complex cases, patients ‘entitled to as many diagnoses as they damn well please’

1 week ago | healio.com | Rob Volansky

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Categorizing, managing pre-clinical rheumatoid arthritis remains ‘controversial’

1 week ago | healio.com | Rob Volansky

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Checkpoint inhibition can be ‘like pouring lighter fluid onto the fire’ of inflammation

1 week ago | healio.com | Rob Volansky

DESTIN, Fla. — Inflammatory arthritis as a result of immune checkpoint cancer therapy remains a pressing challenge for patients and rheumatologists alike, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East annual meeting. “There is no free lunch with immune checkpoint inhibitors,” Laura C. Cappelli, MD, MHS, co-director of the Immune-Related Toxicity Team, and associate professor of medicine, at Johns Hopkins University, told attendees.
B-cell targeting therapies may break ‘evolving cycle’ of lupus

1 week ago | healio.com | Rob Volansky

DESTIN, Fla. — An increasing array of B-cell targeting approaches may aid clinicians in managing the cycles and flares of lupus, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East annual meeting. “I like to think about lupus as an evolving cycle that repeats,” J.
‘We have become quite lazy’: Rheumatologist calls for higher ‘aspirations’ in IMID care

1 week ago | healio.com | Rob Volansky

DESTIN, Fla. — Raising the rheumatology community’s “aspirations” for immune-mediated inflammatory disease treatment could lead to better patient outcomes, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East annual meeting. “Most of our decisions in chronic disease are not bad, but they do not resolve the condition,” Iain McInnes, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and rheumatology at the University of Glasgow, told attendees.
‘There is nothing easy in lupus nephritis:’ Managing disease calls for major reappraisal

2 weeks ago | healio.com | Rob Volansky

DESTIN, Fla. — Despite new therapies and evolving research, lupus nephritis continues to present clinical and research challenges, according to a presenter at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East annual meeting. “There are very few easy things in lupus,” Michelle Petri, MD, MPH, director of the Hopkins Lupus Center and professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University, told attendees.
Teduglutide improves stool outcomes in children with short bowel syndrome over 96 weeks

3 weeks ago | healio.com | Rob Volansky

Key takeaways: Stool frequency and consistency improved over 96 weeks of treatment with teduglutide. Researchers also observed reductions in volume and frequency of parenteral nutrition and/or IV fluids. Pediatric patients with short bowel syndrome‐associated intestinal failure showed improvements in stool consistency and frequency after receiving treatment with teduglutide for 96 weeks, according to post hoc analysis.
Tired of pleasing ‘corporate masters,’ physician union membership rises

3 weeks ago | healio.com | Rob Volansky

Union membership among health care professionals in the United States, including physicians, is on the rise, which could have seismic implications in work patterns and patient care in an increasingly corporatized medical system.

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Rob Volansky

Articles

Rheumatologists ‘could have written the book’ on frailty, sarcopenia

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis contains multiple subtypes, more than ‘RA junior’

In complex cases, patients ‘entitled to as many diagnoses as they damn well please’

Categorizing, managing pre-clinical rheumatoid arthritis remains ‘controversial’

Checkpoint inhibition can be ‘like pouring lighter fluid onto the fire’ of inflammation

B-cell targeting therapies may break ‘evolving cycle’ of lupus

‘We have become quite lazy’: Rheumatologist calls for higher ‘aspirations’ in IMID care

‘There is nothing easy in lupus nephritis:’ Managing disease calls for major reappraisal

Teduglutide improves stool outcomes in children with short bowel syndrome over 96 weeks

Tired of pleasing ‘corporate masters,’ physician union membership rises

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