Arthritis Today – April 2002

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Much More Than Just Gatekeepers

Dr Peter Glennon, a GP in Stafford, and former member of the arc's Education Sub Committee, stands up for that much-maligned health professional, the family doctor.

Focus on Manchester:
Manchester reunited

Part two looks at the work of the Musculoskeletal Research Group at the University of Manchester.

Nursing developments – releasing the potential

Sarah Ryan, rheumatology nurse consultant at the Hayward Hospital in Stoke on Trent, explains the new roles for nurses.

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

Little is known about this painful condition but new research offers hope.
Jane Tadman reports.

What's in a name?

Dr Jon Packham explains seronegative spondyloarthropathy, a common but relatively unknown condition.

Spotlight on science

arc Clinical Research Fellow Karen Walker-Bone and Professor Mike Salmon explain their work, in the first of an ongoing series of questions and answers sessions with arc-funded researchers.