Ingrid Torjesen

Articles by Ingrid Torjesen

Thanksgiving marks the start of darker days and colder temperatures and acts as a reminder to get those annual booster shots for influenza and COVID-19. Test your knowledge on booster shots for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Taking an integrative approach to management by using a combination of therapies and lifestyle changes to treat the whole person can have benefits for many conditions, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. How does this approach fit in with the management of rheumatoid arthritis? Test your knowledge with this quiz.

Glucocorticoids are sometimes used as “bridging” therapy to alleviate symptoms in newly diagnosed patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) prescribed a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD), until the DMARD kicks in. Test your knowledge of bridging therapy with this quiz.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease, but how much do you know about the use of statins in these patients to reduce their risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality? Test your knowledge with this quiz.