Corinna Panlilio Sison MD

Updated cholesterol guidelines offer more personalized cardiovascular disease risk assessment.

A 59-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) presents to the emergency department (ED) with headache, confusion, and mild somnolence. Her husband states that she has been complaining of a constant, severe headache for the past 2 days. She also has not complained of nausea, dizziness, chest pain,  shortness of breath, abdominal pain, or muscular…

The anti-nociceptive effect of beta-adrenergic blockade is associated with decreased joint pain and reduced opioid requirements in patients with symptomatic large joint osteoarthritis and hypertension.

A treat-to-target approach using tight ultrasound goals was not found to improve disease activity, radiographic joint damage, or physical function.

Much of the disability associated with RA relates to the pain secondary to inflammatory joint inflammation.

Improvements in fatigue following anti-TNF therapy commencement reflect changes in centrally driven pain, rather than inflammatory disease activity

In this pooled meta-analysis, LIA provided better analgesia at rest in the immediate post-operative period when compared to RB, in addition to preserving quadriceps function.

Combining partial vascular occlusion (PVO) with low to moderate-intensity resistance exercise training may be a way for patients with knee OA to participate in quadriceps strengthening.

While maintaining an acceptable level of diagnostic image quality, simple methods could help reduce CT radiation exposure.