All Joints Considered

Anti-CCP not too helpful in HIV patients

brunostoliver@webmd.net — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:06:38 GMT

HIV infected patients can present with a variety of rheumatic manifestations, including spondyloarthropathies, polyarthritis resembling Rheumatoid Arthritis and Sjogren’s like-syndrome. False positive results for ANA, RF, and ANCA have been ...

Homeopathic Consultation effects

brunostoliver@webmd.net — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:05:31 GMT

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The effects of Lupus on male genitalia

brunostoliver@webmd.net — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:05:57 GMT

The Lupus journal from April of 2011 brought an intriguing study on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and its effects on penile anthropometry. The authors analyzed sev...

Picking on Bisphosphonates

brunostoliver@webmd.net — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:04:27 GMT

Very few drugs have been more in the media spotlight than bisphosphonates. Anytime a new study finds something remotely negative about bisphosphonates, a media onslaught is unleashed. Unfortunately, good news don’t get the same amount of air...

Sarcoidosis in Rheum

brunostoliver@webmd.net — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:03:23 GMT

From time to time, I get involved in the evaluation and treatment of patients with Sarcoidosis. The typical scenario is of a refractory sarcoid patient seeking additional treatment options.

Despite the treatment refractory patient, I h...

Nitroglycerin for Osteoporosis

brunostoliver@webmd.net — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:03:19 GMT

Nobody knows how this really works, but there is growing evidence suggesting that Nitroglycerin in the form of ointment works for Osteoporosis. A study in JAMA showe...

Activity level and the risk for Osteoarthritis

brunostoliver@webmd.net — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:03:46 GMT

A study in the Journal of Rheumatology (February/2011 issue) tried to answer the eternal question of whether physical activity is a risk factor for Osteoarthritis. Investigators in Australia prospectively followed 39,023 subjects from 1990 through...

No Pegloticase for you!!

brunostoliver@webmd.net — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:02:57 GMT

By now you probably heard that Pegloticase (Krystexxa) is ...

An Afternoon Without EMR

brunostoliver@webmd.net — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:02:06 GMT

Last week, one of the main servers for the Electronic Medical Records broke down. All of a sudden, everybody lost access to all patient data. It was an extraordinary system crash. It took the whole afternoon for the IT department to fix it.
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Undifferentiated Peripheral Inflammatory Arthritis

brunostoliver@webmd.net — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:12:40 GMT

We have discussed the topic of Seronegative Polyarthritis in this Blog previously. I was surprised (actually upset) when I started private practice and was introduced to the world of undifferentiated peripheral inflammatory arthritis (UPIA) for th...