Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes joint inflammation, pain, and potential damage. To diagnose and manage RA, healthcare providers use a combination of clinical evaluation, ...

The mainstay of diagnostics in bone and joint disorders like arthritis is radiology e.g. X-ray, CT-scan, MRI and DEXA scan. However, in some cases, your doctor might also recommend laboratory tests ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and temporal arteritis (TA) are companion systemic inflammatory disorders that occur in older patients (mean age, 70 years) and are diagnosed on clinical grounds, based on ...

As head of the clinical laboratory at the San Juan University Hospital in Alicante, Spain, Maria Salinas, PhD, is passionate about the role she and her colleagues can play in clinical decision-making.

Physicians and laboratorians must work to reduce use of antiquated clinical laboratory tests. We selected 10 representative tests considered antiquated by most experts in the clinical laboratory ...