Arthritis, Other Chronic Disease Takes Toll on Work Force
Arthritis + other chronic health conditions may keep up to one-third affected out of workplace
Majority of Fibromyalgia Drug Trials Are Industry Sponsored
Almost two-thirds of trials had one or more authors with financial conflicts of interest
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Formed
Formation of compact commission triggered by enactment of law in seventh state: Alabama
Most Part D Plans Cover at Least One Biologic DMARD
In most plans, patients required to pay coinsurance percentage, averaging 29.6 percent of drug costs
CMS: Hospital Charges for Common Procedures Up
And hematologists/oncologists and ophthalmologists top list of high earners
RA-Related Issues Impede Smoking Cessation
Smoking used as distraction from pain, coping mechanism for frustration of living with RA
May 2015 Briefing – Rheumatology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Rheumatology for May 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
AMA: Physicians Driving the Slowing of Health Care Costs
Physicians' spending grew more slowly over 2003 to 2013 than hospital and clinical spending
DXA Screening Found to Be Underused and Overused
Researchers find patients at highest risk for fractures often miss out on tests
Antiatherosclerotic Activity ID’d for MTX, Adalimumab in RA
Activity may be mediated by effects on lipoprotein functions, macrophage metabolism
