Press releases are generally issued by the ACR around the ACR Annual Scientific Meeting. In addition, each month, releases from our journal publisher regarding science in the current issue of the journal are posted here.
Annual Scientific Meeting Press Releases
New Study Links Inflammation to Plaque Buildup in the Arteries of People with Rheumatoid Arthritis (11/2010)
New ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria May Identify Rheumatoid Arthritis in At-risk People Prior to Clinical Presentation (11/2010)
Combination of Methotrexate and Prednisone Produces Remission in People With Newly Developed Rheumatoid Arthritis and Undifferentiated Arthritis (11/2010)
The Body Against Itself:Bacteria Inside One's Own Body Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Autoimmune Diseases (11/2010)
Common Adult Vaccinations Do Not Increase The Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis (11/2010)
Foot Fashion Could Ease Arthritic Knees (11/2010)
Less Painful, More Effective Joint Injections Using Ultrasound (11/2010)
Vitamin D May Not Benefit Knee Osteoarthritis Suffers (11/2010)
You May Have Inherited Your Bad Feet (11/2010)
People With Lupus Might Be at a Greater Risk for Cancer (11/2010)
Patients can be Monitored for Lymphoma Based on New Risk Factor (11/2010)
Children With Juevenile Arthritis May Have Increased Cancer Risk But Anti-TNF Therapy Doesn't Appear to the Lone Culprit (11/2010)
Anti-TNF Therapy Increases Occurence of Shingles and Chicken Pox in People with Rheumatoid Arthritis (11/2010)
Statins Not Routinely Indicated for Children and Adolescents with Lupus (11/2010)
Space Travel is Bad on the Bones (11/2010)
Spondyloarthritis When It's More Than Lower-Back Pain (11/2010)
Erectile Dysfunction Drug Could Improve Raynaud's Symptoms Associated With Scleroderma (11/2010)
Anti-TNF Therapies for RA Could Reduce Alzheimer's Risk (11/2010)
The Number of People with Gout Continues to Rise (11/2010)
High Levels of Uric Acid Could Cause High Blood Pressure (11/2010)
Hyperuricemia Rates Remain High Among U.S. Adults And Senior Citizens Placing Them At Risk For Developing Gout (11/2010)
Urate Lowering Therapy Could Prevent Death Associated with Cardiovascular Disease In People With Gout (11/2010)
Typing This Headline Could Be Difficult If You Have Rheumatoid Arthritis (11/2010)
Big Project? Counting on Caffeine To Stay Awake? It Can Also Wake Up Your Gout (11/2010)
Gout in Women: A Not So Sweet Outcome of Sugar-Sweetened DRINKS (11/2010)
Researchers Find Clue to Preventing Heart Complications Associated with Neonatal Lupus (11/2010)
People with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus Often Skip Their Medications (11/2010)
Borenstein Named President of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
O’Dell Named President-elect of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
Flood Named Secretary of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
James Named President of Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (11/2010)
William Arend Receives American College of Rheumatology Presidential Gold Medal (11/2010)
John Hamilton Receives American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Basic Investigator Award (11/2010)
Suzanne Bowyer Receives American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Service Award (11/2010)
Mark Robbins Receives American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Service Award (11/2010)
Gary Hoffman Receives American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Clinical Investigator Award (11/2010)
Mariana Kaplan Receives American College of Rheumatology Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award (11/2010)
William Robinson Receives American College of Rheumatology Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award (11/2010)
Michael Weisman Receives Rheumatology Research Foundation Excellence in Investigative Mentoring Award (11/2010)
Sterling West Receives American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Clinician Scholar Award (11/2010)
Patience White Receives American College of Rheumatology Paulding Phelps Award (11/2010)
Peter Brooks Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
Félix Fernández-Madrid Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
Roy Fleischmann Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
John Goldman Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
Steven Goldring Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
Nortin Hadler Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
Ronald Kaufman Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
John Klippel Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
William Koopman Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
Robert Lloyd Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
Harvinder Luthra Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
Joseph Markenson Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
Stephen Paget Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
Paul Phillips Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
Alexander Townes Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
Robert Wortmann Named Master of American College of Rheumatology (11/2010)
Regular Press Releases
Early Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Crucial to Positive Outcomes for Patients : Delay in Assessment by Rheumatologist Increases Risk of Joint Destruction, Decreases Remission Chances (12/2010)
Cigarette Smoking Increases Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk in African Americans: Heavy Smokers and Individuals with Genetic Risk Factor for RA at Greatest Risk (12/2010)
Lower Back and Foot Pain Associated with More Severe Knee Osteoarthritis Symptoms: Multiple Pain Locations Contribute to Greater Knee Pain (11/2010)
Etanercept Helps Restore Normal Growth in Children with Juvenile Arthritis: Significant Increase in Height, Weight, and BMI Percentiles Achieved With and Without Methotrexate (11/2010)
Study Finds Bortezomib to be Promising Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Proteasome Inhibitor Reduces Inflammation and Promotes Bone Healing in Arthritis Models (11/2010)
Narcotics and Diagnostics Overused in Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain: More Effective Therapeutic Exercises Underutilized, Research Says (11/2010)
Rheumatology Mythbusters: Thirteen Things About Rheumatic Diseases That Just Aren’t True (11/2010)
People With Arthritis Unite With Their Rheumatologists to Fight SGR Cuts: American College of Rheumatology Organizes a Unique Patient-Physician Call-In Day (11/2010)
American College of Rheumatology Draws an Estimated 15,000 People and
$17.3 Million to Atlanta: The ACR brings its 74th annual meeting to headquarter city (10/2010)
Regular Rehabilitation Leads to Rheumatic Disease Relief: American College of Rheumatology Celebrates National Physical Therapy Month(10/2010)
Anger Amplifies Clinical Pain in Women With and Without Fibromyalgia: Sensitizing Effect of Anger and Sadness Not Limited to Fibromyalgia Patients(09/2010)
DMARDs, Glucocorticoids, and Biologics Equally Effective for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Study Shows Biologic Agents Can Be Reserved for Treatment-Resistant Patients (09/2010)
Abatacept Found Ineffective in Treatment of Non-Life Threatening Lupus: Further Trials Needed to Determine Clinical Application of Drug in SLE(09/2010)
Acupuncture Not Superior to Sham Acupuncture in Knee Osteoarthritis: Acupuncturists' Communication Style Has Greater "Placebo" Effect on Patients(08/2010)
Novel Autoantibodies Identified in Patients with Necrotizing Myopathy: Patients Previously Considered Autoantibody Negative Can Benefit from Immunosuppression (08/2010)
Black Women with SLE Develop Cardiovascular Disease at Early Age: Racial Disparities Seen in Age of SLE Patients at Time of CVD-Related Death (08/2010)
Move Your Body and Fight Arthritis: Four types of exercise can help treat arthritis and rheumatic diseases (08/2010)
New Way of Classifying Rheumatoid Arthritis Aimed at Identifying the Disease Earlier: Criteria will allow researchers to study patients earlier during the course of RA – leading to better patient outcomes (08/2010)
TNF Blockers May Increase the Risk of Malignancy in Children: Reported Cancers Are Uncommon in Children, Associated with Immunosuppression (08/2010)
Resting Brain Activity Associated with Spontaneous Fibromyalgia Pain Interaction of Multiple: Brain Networks Provides Insight into How Pain Occurs (08/2010)
Adherence to Recommended Exercise Improves Physical Function, Reduces Pain for OA Patients: Better Adherence Improves Long-Term Effectiveness of Exercise Therapy (08/2010)
New Physician Survey finds Medicare Payment Change Hurts Care Coordination Efforts: Medical Organizations Call on CMS to Review Consultation Code Policy (07/2010)
Aerobic Exercise Safe and Effective for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Cardio-Respiratory Aerobic Conditioning Improves Function; Lessens Joint Pain (07/2010)
Subchondral Bone Changes Contribute to Cartilage Damage and Loss: Cartilage Loss Plays a Role in Development of Osteoarthritis, Study Says (07/2010)
Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress Contribute to Lupus Disease Activity: Higher Levels of Antibodies May Be Linked to Disease Severity and Progression (07/2010)
Study Shows RA Patients and Doctors Differ on Disease Severity Assessment: Depressed Patients Showed Highest Level of Discord in Evaluating Their Disease (06/2010)
Antibiotic Regimen Effective for Reactive Arthritis: Controversial Treatment Approach Could Lead to a Cure (05/2010)
Obesity Associated with Increased Risk of Fibromyalgia: Normal BMI, Regular Exercise Protect Against Musculoskeletal Symptoms (05/2010)
Racial Disparity Observed in Varus and Valgus Thrust Study of Knee OA (05/2010)
Three Ways the American College of Rheumatology is Fighting Arthritis Now: The ACR Celebrates National Arthritis Awareness Month (05/2010)
American College of Rheumatology partners with HHS Offices of Minority Health, Women's Health and The Surgeon General for Lupus Initiative (03/2010)
Exercise, Weight Loss and Self-Care Ease Symptoms of Knee Osteoarthritis: Study Shows Lifestyle Interventions Improve Pain and Function (03/2010)
Hormone Replacement in Joint Fluid Has Potential Regenerative Effect (03/2010)
Obesity, Hypertension, Alcohol and Diuretic Use — Gout Risk Factors for Women: 52-year Follow-up Study Says Gout Incidence Lower in Women than Men (03/2010)
Obesity and Physical Inactivity Poses Arthritis Risk, Especially for Women: Study Shows Arthritis Rates are Higher in U.S. Compared with Canada (02/2010)
Prozac and Celexa Exhibit Anti-Inflammatory Effects: SSRIs Offer Model for Drug Development Opportunities to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis (02/2010)
Antibodies Linked to Cardiovascular Disease Increase in Patients with Active Lupus: Study Finds SLE Patients at Risk for Developing Atherosclerosis (02/2010)
Immune Responses to Tetanus Vaccine Unchanged for RA Patients on Rituximab (01/2010)
Efficacy of Flu Vaccine Drastically Reduced for RA Patients Treated with Rituximab (01/2010)
