The Arthritis Diet
Dr. Norman B. Gaylis, following a holisitc approach, recommends all arthritis patients to review their diet and makes the following recommendations: ... more


Arthritis and Osteoporosis Fact Sheet
What is the impact of arthritis?   The economic impact of arthritis, rheumatic and muscloskeletal illness is close to 17% of the Gross Nation... more


Understanding Arthritis
Over 43 million people throughout the United States of America alone suffer from one form of arthritis or another. I say one form of arthritis or anot... more


Initial Evaluation of the Arthritic Patient
Piecing Together the Diagnostic Clues   Preview   Arthritis, one of the earliest known diseases, remains a leading cause of chronic pain... more


Conquering Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases
Excerpts from an interview by Bari Auerbach, published in the Aventura News   Q: Have you helped an Aventura News reporter with a "hip diagnosi... more


Drugs and Therapy
As I prepare myself to write this month’s column, I am surrounded by press releases relating to new drugs for rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and... more

In-office MRI vs. radiography in detecting changes in erosions after one year of infliximab therapy
This article has been published by the Japan College of Rheumatology in April 2007, Mod Rheumatol 17, pages 273 - 278. This study was led by Dr. Nor... more


Extremity MRI more effective than standard X-Rays
Recently, Dr. Gaylis and a team of colleagues completed a study showing the benefits of using Extremity MRI in the early detection and diagnosis of bo... more


Image of the Month: Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis
This case has been published in Rheumatology News as the Image of the Month December 2007. Click here for the full article and images.   CASE D... more


Extremity Imaging improves Rheumatoid Arthritis care
Supplementing standard x-rays with extremity magnetic resonance imaging for the in-office diagnosis and monitoring of patients with rheumatoid arthr... more


RA patients who can not use etanercept may benefit from infliximab
INFLIXIMAB PROVIDES ADDITIONAL CLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC BENEFITS IN RA PATIENTS WHO HAVE AN INADEQUATE RESPONSE TO ETANERCEPT Objectives: This multi... more


Open study comparing the results of etanercept and infliximab on patients with rheumatoid arthritis
OPEN, RANDOMIZED STUDY OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS WHO SWITCHED FROM ETANERCEPT TO INFLIXIMAB COMPARED WITH THOSE WHO REMAINED ON ETANERCEPT: CHA... more


Cerebritis: a Sequel of Lupus
The Selective Value of Computed Tomography of the Brain in Cerebritis Due to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Abstract.Systemic lupus erythematosus (SL... more


Changes after one year on RA patients on infliximab therapy
CHANGES IN EROSIVE STATUS DETECTED ON IN-OFFICE MRI AFTER ONE YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS ON INFLIXIMAB THERAPY   Backgroun... more


Study on RA patients who switch to infliximab after etanercept
Open-label, pilot protocol of patients with rheumatoid arthritis who switch to infliximab after an incomplete response to etanercept: the opposite stu... more


Use of MRI to evaluate patients on infliximab therapy
USE OF IN-OFFICE MRI IN THE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID   Objectives: To assess the performance of an in-office magnetic resonance ... more


Discontinuation of corticosteroids following initiation of infliximab in RA patients
Objectives: To evaluate corticosteroid use in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after initiation of infliximab therapy.   Meth... more


Infliximab on an HIV Positive Patient with Reiter's Syndrome
Reiter's syndrome is an acute inflammatory arthritis with no standard treatment options for patients unresponsive to nonsteroidal antiinflammatory dru... more

Diet Recommendations for Gout Patients
Weight Reduction Overweight is often associated with gout and may be a contributing factor in the onset of the disease. In such cases, weight reducti... more


For Teens: Looking Good Inside Out
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 ... more


For Preteens, you are the perfect age
Ellen loves visiting her great-grandmother. Gram, as Ellen calls her, lives in a small white house with roses outside and geraniums lining the steps l... more


Young Women Take Care of your Bones
You're leading a busy, active life, putting as much as you can into every day. But you need to take time out for your own health, especially to take c... more


Selected Calcium Rich Foods
Selected Calcium-Rich Foods Calcium: Important at Every Age Food Item Serving Size CalciumContent (mg) Calories Milk   ... more

What is Fibromyalgia?
From time to time everyone suffers from aches and pains. These pains may be caused by flu, over exercising, poor posture or fatigue. However, when the... more


Malic Acid, Energy and Fibromyalgia
This article first appeared in the December, 1995 issue of VRP's Nutritional News Vitamin Research Products, Inc.3579 Hwy. 50 East, Carson City, NV 89... more

Cerebral Atrophy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Cerebral Atrophy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus:Steroid- or Disease-Induced Phenomenon?   Thirty-two patients with systemic lupus erythematosu... more


The Lupus Lifeline Book: Living with Lupus
Click here to access the Lupus Lifeline Book.   This publication is in PDF format for your convenience. It is published by the Dade-Broward Lu... more


A Look at lupus
SLE, (systemic lupus erythematosus), commonly known as lupus, affects more than half a million people in the United States. This illness is most commo... more

Extremity MRI - Changing the Face of Rheumatology
Until recently, MRI was not considered a practical option for rheumatology. Rheumatologists sent their patients to centers with large-magnet MRIs. But... more

A Brief Look at Osteoarthritis
What is osteoarthritis? How does it happen? Why you? How will it effect your daily life? If you have recently found out that you have osteoarthritis ... more


A look at Osteoarthritis
What is Osteoarthritis? How does it happen? Why you? How will it affect your daily life?... ...If you recently learned that you have Osteoarthritis, ... more


Treatment of Osteoarthritis
I talked about osteoarthritis in my last article, how it presents itself and how it is the most common form of arthritis affecting 25 to 30 million Am... more

What is Osteoporosis
There are a number of reasons why I chose the topic of osteoporosis for my article this month. I have written many articles on osteoporosis over the p... more


More on Osteoporosis
The treatment of osteoporosis is a very exciting area in which we have made huge progress in the last few years. More recently this year Eli Lilly int... more

What is Raynaud's Phenomenon
Raynaud’s phenomenon is a problem that results because of deficient blood flow in the extremities, in particular the fingers and the toes. It is a con... more


Other disorders of wrist and hand
De Quervain’s tendonitis is a fairly common condition that I see in my office. The patient presents with pain at the base of the thumb, which radiates... more


Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Symptoms related to problems from the carpal tunnel are a very frequent cause of patients coming to my office. Very often the diagnosis has been misse... more

Paget's Disease of Bone
DefinitionPaget's disease of bone is a chronic disorder that typically results in enlarged and deformed bones in one or more regions of the skeleton. ... more

Muscle Pain and Stiffness May be Due to Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Polymyalgia rheumatica is an inflammatory disorder of the muscles characterized by pain and stiffness in the shoulders, neck, arms, lower back and leg... more

Psoriasis, a Skin Disease, can also be Arthritis
Many people are surprised to hear that a condition, namely psoriasis, that has been historically always associated with affecting the skin only, may i... more

A Patient's new View on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scott Bridgeman has led an active lifestyle in the Miami area for the past six years. As Vocal Director for Royal Caribbean, he has supervised large c... more


Why a Rheumatologist?
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 th... more


Rheumatoid Arthritis News
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... more


The Many Facets of Rheumatoid Disease
In my several years as a practicing rheumatologist, I have noticed that many people with arthritis -and sometimes, their doctors -harbor the mistaken ... more

Sports injuries and the injuries of the Aging Jock
One of the most common complaints that I am asked to treat in my practice is the early retired male or female patient who has waited his/her whole lif... more