Sentences with phrase «says rheumatologist»

But the role of pyrophosphate in osteoarthritis, a much more common ailment, is unclear, says rheumatologist Michael Doherty of the City Hospital in Nottingham, United Kingdom.

«There are authentic dietary supplements — multivitamins, calcium, iron — which do supplement the diet» and can help many people, says rheumatologist and immuno - logist Donald Marcus of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, an early critic of the supplement industry.

Not exact matches

«T - cells were in fashion for a long time,» says retired rheumatologist and researcher Jonathan Edwards.

Taken together, the results suggest that people with rheumatoid arthritis may soon have new options for treatment, says Gary Firestein, a rheumatologist at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

Initial results were discouraging: attempts to simply replace the protein therapies with small - molecule drugs that hit the same targets largely failed, says Saeed Fatenejad, a rheumatologist at Pfizer who is responsible for clinical development of tasocitinib.

«The work is paradigm - shifting in the way we think about genetic susceptibility and the interaction between genetic risk and the environment,» says Amr Sawalha, a geneticist and rheumatologist at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor who was not involved in the study.

«Rheumatologists can be reassured that treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis with anti-TNF therapy may lead not just to an improvement in joint symptoms, but also a reduction in the rate of myocardial infarctions in the medium term,» says Dr. Dixon

The ORBIT data «showed that patients who have seropositive rheumatoid arthritis are just as likely to respond to rituximab therapy when compared to anti-TNF therapy,» said Duncan Porter, MD, Honorary Associate Professor and a consultant rheumatologist at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, and one of the lead authors of the study.

«Investigating these pathways may identify other targets for therapy or other markers that predict treatment response,» says first author Theresa Wampler Muskardin, M.D., a rheumatologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. «It will help rheumatologists find the right drug for each patient and spare patients medications that won't work for them.»

«Local therapy could be a viable treatment option for patients with only one or a few inflamed joints, said co-corresponding author Joerg Ermann, MD, a rheumatologist in the BWH Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy.

«There are completely new factors that are considered,» says co-author Sherine Gabriel, M.D., a rheumatologist and epidemiologist at Mayo in Rochester.

«More research is needed to confirm why heart disease deaths among rheumatoid arthritis patients have declined, but potential factors include earlier and more vigilant screening for heart problems, improved treatment for heart disease and rheumatoid arthritis, and in general, more attention to heart health in patients with rheumatoid arthritis,» says lead author Elena Myasoedova, M.D., Ph.D., a rheumatologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn..

«I think it's important for patients with rheumatoid arthritis to understand that their disease alone carries added risk of heart disease and discuss that with their rheumatologist and perhaps suggest that their rheumatologist work with a cardiologist or a preventive cardiology clinic to come up with a plan to reduce cardiovascular risk,» Dr. Gabriel says.

«Our study shows that extremely obese people seeking relief from their knee pain should consider lap - band surgery earlier because the benefits from it being successful — although significant for all ages — decrease with age,» says study senior investigator and rheumatologist Jonathan Samuels, MD..

That they were not malignant is clear from the bone's structure, says Rothschild, who is also a rheumatologist at the Arthritis Center of Northeast Ohio.

Laurence Rubin, Identitas CEO and a practicing rheumatologist at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, says that his company is now shifting gears from demonstrating the utility of SNP - based microarrays for analyzing forensic samples to into more of an advocacy role, introducing law enforcement agencies to the power of these genomic technologies.

«Many rheumatologists think that the autoantibodies are an epiphenomenon — an interesting phenomenon but not directly related to the cause of lupus,» said Wolin.

«We don't have a good predictor of who's going to respond better to which medication,» says Apostolos Kontzias, MD, staff rheumatologist with the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

Once a woman becomes pregnant, Buyon said, both her rheumatologist and a maternal - fetal medicine specialist — or obstetrician who specializes in «high - risk» pregnancy — should be involved.

is the billion - dollar question: «We think, based on animal research, that sex hormones like estrogen are responsible,» says Abby Abelson, MD, a rheumatologist at the Cleveland Clinic.

«Women often forget their bra line, but that's a tick's dream spot,» says Andrea Gaito, MD, a rheumatologist and Lyme specialist based in Basking Ridge, N.J.

Not all doctors are up to speed with fibromyalgia «We just did some market research, and we found that it depends on who you're talking to: If you're talking to rheumatologists, probably 85 percent understand that fibromyalgia does exist,» says Lynne Matallana, president of the NFA.

Since 70 % of people with fibromyalgia are on more than one medication, drug interactions are an important consideration, says Andrew J Holman MD, clinical rheumatologist and associate clinical professor of medicine at the University of Washington.

«Opioids are not as safe as people had hoped,» says the lead author of the study, Daniel H. Solomon, MD, a rheumatologist and epidemiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston.

Clinics that offer a broader, team - based approach to treating psoriasis are also beginning to emerge, says dermatologist Andrew Blauvelt, MD, a professor at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland and the research director of the universitys Center of Excellence for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis, which combines the efforts of dermatologists, rheumatologists, and psychiatrists.

«Now rheumatologists are more aggressive at treating the diseases — because we can be,» he says.

In a 2003 survey, 83 % of hand surgeons said that knuckle replacement «always» or «usually» improves hand function, compared with just 34 % of rheumatologists.

[pagebreak] Nortin Hadler, MD, a rheumatologist and professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says he doesn't recommend the procedure to as many patients as he once did.

My rheumatologist says I have to walk at least 5 days a week... work doesn't count!