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2012 Press Releases

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.

Regular Press Releases

Complications Challenge Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients after Joint Replacement Surgery (11/2012)

Lack of Vitamin D Contributes to Pain in Black Americans with Knee Osteoarthritis (11/2012)

Women with Lupus Have a Higher Risk for Preeclampsia: DMARD Use Rare in Pregnancy; May Pose Slight Preeclampsia Risk (10/2012)

More Doctors Use Ultrasound to Diagnose, Manage Rheumatic Diseases (10/2012)

Gout Guidelines Arm Patients and Physicians with Tools to Fight Painful Disease (09/2012)

Eating Cherries Lowers Risk of Gout Attacks by 35% (09/2012)

Pharmacists Provide Additional Line of Defense for Detecting Knee Osteoarthritis: Collaborative Care Facilitates Therapy Compliance; Improves Patient Function, Pain, and Quality of Life (08/2012)

No Difference in Death Rates Among Patients Exposed to Common Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs: Study Compares Overall Mortality in TNF Inhibitors (08/2012)

Doctors and Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Differ on Perception of Disease Activity: RA Patients Emphasize Pain, Physicians Stress Swollen Joints to Explain Change in Disease (07/2012)

Medicinal Marijuana Use Found in 10% of Fibromyalgia Patients: Doctors Caution Self-medicating with Herbal Cannabis Sparks Poor Mental Health (06/2012)

American College of Rheumatology Wins Three Awards for Outstanding Public Relations Efforts (06/2012)

Juvenile Arthritis Patients May Have Issues Maintaining Employment as Adults: Education is Key to Success; Functional Disability Negatively Impacts Job Performance (05/2012)

Injection of Methotrexate Not Superior to Oral Therapy in Juvenile Arthritis Treatment: Oral Approach May Spare Pediatric Patients Pain of Injections (05/2012)

Systemic Sclerosis Complications More Severe in African Americans than Caucasians: Antibodies Associated with Severe Lung Disease and Decreased Survival to Blame (05/2012)

Children with Juvenile Arthritis Have Higher Rates of Bacterial Infection: High-Dose Steroids Found to Significantly Increase Infection Risk (05/2012)

The American College of Rheumatology Issues Guidelines for Management of Lupus Nephritis (05/2012)

One-Third of Adult Americans with Arthritis Battle Anxiety or Depression: Anxiety More Common than Depression among People with Arthritis (04/2012)

Not Taking Gastroprotective Drugs Prescribed with Anti-inflammatory Medicines Increases Risk of Upper GI Complications (04/2012)

The American College of Rheumatology Updates Guidelines for Use of DMARDs and Biologic Drugs in Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis (04/2012)

The American College of Rheumatology Endorses Standardized Measures to Determine Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity (04/2012)

Legislation May Improve Patient Access to Vital Medications: High Out-of-Pocket Costs a Barrier to Health (03/2012)

American College of Rheumatology Releases Two New Publications Focused on Osteoarthritis and Sjögren's syndrome (03/2012)

American College of Rheumatology Releases First Classification Criteria For Polymyalagia Rheumatica (03/2012)

Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus Give Birth to Fewer Children: Higher Rates of Infertility and Pregnancy Loss Likely Behind Lower than Desired Family Size (02/2012)

Cancer Rate Four Times Higher in Children with Juvenile Arthritis: Increase Not Necessarily Linked to Arthritis Treatments, including TNF Inhibitors (02/2012)

Knee Replacement Surgery Incidence Soars in those over Age 50: Incidence of Knee Arthroplasty Higher in Women (01/2012)

Lumbar Disc Degeneration More Likely in Overweight and Obese Adults: Elevated BMI Linked to Greater Extent and Severity of Degenerative Disc Disease (01/2012)

Two in Five Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis are Physically Inactive: Experts Suggest Initiatives to Motivate RA Patients to Activity Improves Public Health (01/2012)

Clinical Trial Demonstrates that Rilonacept Significantly Reduces Gout Flares: Drug Appears to be Well Tolerated by Patients (01/2012)