Pulse

Briefs

New and improved rheumatology education, the No.1 cause of disability.

A Pregnant Pause

Some women with rheumatoid arthritis experience a break in their disease during preganacy. What causes that reprieve is subject to speculation—and investigation.

The Human Touch

For 50 years, rheumatologist Gerald Mullin, M.D., has taken a high-touch, low-tech approach to practice. And patients love him for it.


End Notes

Perseverance

A poem by Nancy J. Baker, M.D.

 


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Cover Story

Joint Approach

Better drugs and early aggressive treatment are restraining rheumatoid arthritis.

By Kim Palmer



Perspective

Job Security

A rheumatologist makes the case for a career in her specialty.

By Hollis Krug, M.D.



Clinical and Health Affairs

Arthritis as a Public Health Issue

By Pamela Van Zyl York, M.P.H., Ph.D., R.D., L.N., and Katherine Franken, M.P.H., R.D.
 

Biomarkers in Rheumatologic Disease: A Review

By Irene Whitt, M.D., and Ann Reed, M.D.
 

Toward the Early Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis: Warning Signs the Practitioner Needs to Recognize

By Jerry A. Molitor, M.D., Ph.D.
 

Juvenile Spondyloarthropathies: Inflammation in Disguise

By Evren Akin, M.D.



Special Report

A Primer on Health Care Reform

A look at some of the concepts in the federal health care reform proposals.

By Dave Renner and Janet Silversmith



Editor's Note

The Body as Foe

In autoimmune disease, the enemy is us



MMA Viewpoint

In Praise of Civility

To make reforms that truly improve our system, we will need active, civil discourse



MMA News

Physicians Put Forward Resolutions
Nominees for MMA Offices Announced
MMA Asks Physicians to Weigh In on Reform


Letters


Tracking Reform

 

 


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