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Patients & Doctors Differ on Assessing Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Severity

Kelly O'Neill 42 Comments , ,
Problems assessing Rheumatoid Arthritis disease severity? Ever feel like the doctor doesn’t see Rheumatoid Arthritis the way you do? If you have RA, you’re in good company. One new study found over a “third of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients differed from their physicians in assessment of their disease severity.” I know about this “differing” because of...Continue reading      42 Comments » Read more

Will CD4 Lead to a Rheumatoid Arthritis Cure?

Kelly O'Neill 16 Comments ,
With Rheumatoid Arthritis, cure is the bombshell C word The “C” word was being tossed around on the internet this last week. The Daily Record headline was one example: “A CURE for rheumatoid arthritis could be a step closer after a breakthrough…” This is not a word commonly used with Rheumatoid Arthritis: cure. So, what’s the...Continue reading      16 Comments » Read more

The Value of Patient Reported Outcome Measures of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly O'Neill 33 Comments ,
Are patient reported outcome measures useful for Rheumatoid Arthritis? Unfortunately, pain is invisible. I’ve fantasized that it should have a color so that it could be seen and measured objectively. However, pain is just as invisible as stiffness, weakness, and fatigue – the major symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis. How can we measure Rheumatoid Arthritis since its...Continue reading      33 Comments » Read more

News about Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Options

Kelly O'Neill 16 Comments ,
Cost-effectiveness and Rheumatoid Arthritis treatment options An April 28, 2010 editorial in Arthritis Research and Therapy discusses a study published in March. Scott and Kingsley write, “Doubts about the relative benefits of TNF inhibitors have surfaced in early RA.” This study and other recent data have caused them to doubt the relative “cost-effectiveness” of Biologic therapy...Continue reading      16 Comments » Read more

Would Relying on Patient Generated Data Make a Difference?

Kelly O'Neill 10 Comments , ,
Discrepancy between patient generated data and clinician reported data Recently on the blog, I mentioned an oft-quoted study which suggests that the disease course for Rheumatoid Arthritis is becoming milder. Something puzzled me at the end of the report. The researchers noticed that Rheumatoid Arthritis patients’ ratings of their disease activity were opposite to that of...Continue reading      10 Comments » Read more

Is the Course of Disease for Rheumatoid Arthritis Becoming Milder?

Kelly O'Neill 13 Comments ,
Has aggressive treatment changed the course of Rheumatoid Arthritis? A study in the Netherlands reported in 2005 has been quoted dozens of times as evidence that the course of Rheumatoid Arthritis is improving with better medical treatment. About  525 patients were followed.  Researchers considered ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate), Rheumatoid factor, and joint counts. They suggest that aggressive...Continue reading      13 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Factor Test: Should We Rely on Rheumatoid Factor Levels?

Kelly O'Neill 37 Comments , ,
The Rheumatoid factor test is not the only way to diagnose RA It can be frustrating to read about the different ways that people interpret a Rheumatoid factor test. It seems there are still some doctors who think Rheumatoid factor levels are sufficient to diagnose Rheumatoid Arthritis. If you meet an RA specialist like that, I...Continue reading      37 Comments » Read more
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