If you're like most teens, there's a lot going on in your life - school, dates, parties, thinking about careers. You're probably working hard to look and feel your best. One way to look and feel good is to have strong, healthy bones. Think of it this way: Your bones are where good looks begin! [...]
Weight Reduction Overweight is often associated with gout and may be a contributing factor in the onset of the disease. In such cases, weight reduction is recommended. The reduction in weight should be gradual; fasting or drastic dieting will increase serum uric acid levels. Fat Fat may prevent the excretion of uric acid from the [...]
Dr. Norman B. Gaylis Many people are surprised to hear that a condition, namely psoriasis, that has been historically always associated with affecting the skin only, may in fact also be one of the more common causes of arthritis. It is known as psoriatic arthritis. This is a condition that may be seen with either [...]
Dr. Norman B. Gaylis Reiter's syndrome is an acute inflammatory arthritis with no standard treatment options for patients unresponsive to nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID). In patients positive for Human Inmunodeficiency Virus (HIV), HIV-RNA levels have been correlated with elevated tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) levels. We investigated the safety and actvitiy of infliximab, an anti-TNF-α chimeric [...]
Dr. Norman B. Gaylis Objectives: To evaluate corticosteroid use in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after initiation of infliximab therapy. Methods: We conducted a retrospective evaluation of 70 patients (5 male, 65 female) in our community rheumatology practice. All patients met the following inclusion criteria: diagnosis of RA consistent with American College of Rheumatology [...]
Dr. Norman B. Gaylis In my several years as a practicing rheumatologist, I have noticed that many people with arthritis -and sometimes, their doctors -harbor the mistaken notion that arthritis confines its symptoms to the joints alone. Certainly, the most common arthritic disorders relate to pain and swelling of the joints, but in many instances, [...]
Dr. Norman B. Gaylis, Dr. Steven Needell USE OF IN-OFFICE MRI IN THE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID Objectives: To assess the performance of an in-office magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) while evaluating the treatment benefit with the anti-TNF-alpha agent infliximab. Methods: Fourteen patients who satisfy the American [...]
Dr. Norman B. Gaylis This is an article that I have written many times in my life. It appears that when I look back and see what my articles reflected on the management of Rheumatoid arthritis initially twenty years ago and then more recently ten years ago. It is amazing that there was almost no [...]
Multicenter Study Open-label, pilot protocol of patients with rheumatoid arthritis who switch to infliximab after an incomplete response to etanercept: the opposite study For the complete article in PDF format, please click here: full article Objective: To incorporate a new trial design to examine clinical response, cytokine expression and joint imaging in patients with rheumatoid [...]
Dr. Norman B. Gaylis Of the more than 25 years that I have practiced medicine as a Rheumatologist, I have been asked many times "what is a Rheumatologist?". When I give the explanation that "he is a specialist in arthritis and autoimmune diseases", the question that is often asked is "why did I choose to [...]
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