Deployment of health care professionals can improve inflammatory-rheumatic disorders

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Deployment of health care professionals can improve inflammatory-rheumatic disorders   Inflammatory-rheumatic disorders are a widespread ailment, affecting at least 1.5 million people in Germany alone.

People suffering from rheumatoid arthritis with increased disease activity have high thrombosis risk   People suffering from rheumatoid arthritis with increased disease activity are more often affected by thrombosis.         ACR releases position statement supporting the role of telemedicine in rheumatology   The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has released an official position statement supporting the role of telemedicine as a tool with the potential to increase access and improve care for patients with rheumatic diseases.

Early intensive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis offers an opportunity to manage fatigue   Disease-related, profound fatigue impairs the quality of life of many people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.       Workers in certain jobs face increased risk of developing knee osteoarthritis   Workers in jobs that typically involve heavy lifting, frequent climbing, prolonged kneeling, squatting, and standing face an increased risk of developing knee osteoarthritis.       Pluripotent cells grown from osteoarthritic knee joint of elderly people   A break through feat of growing pluripotency expressing cells from osteoarthritis affected cartilage tissue of knee joints of elderly has been reported by orthopedicians and cell culture experts led by Dr Shojiro Katoh, President, Edogawa Hospital.       Algorithm that analyzes MRI images could boost development of new arthritis therapies   An algorithm that analyses MRI images and automatically detects small changes in knee joints over time could be used in the development of new treatments for arthritis.

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