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I Tracked Down The Company Ruining Restaurants by More Perfect Union
I've noticed a lot of places have become Sysco dependent. "Are restaurants starting to taste the same? Food distributor Sysco has been on a relentless acquisition spree, becoming one of the largest companies in food service. This consolidation means higher prices for mass-produced food made...

Bay Area restaurants are vetting your social media before you even walk ...
Bay Area restaurants are vetting your social media before you even walk in Wrexis Jul 14, 2025 Discussion EtcetEra Forum

What are your thoughts on sit-down restaurants in 2026? (Not fast food ...
Restaurants seem busy enough or at least they are on Fridays and Saturdays when you can't hardly get a table anywhere without a 20-30 minute wait. Genuinely think people are either more well off than they seem or lots of folks are living paycheck to paycheck or going into debt so that they can do things like eat out.

Restaurants Are Using AI to Advertise Their Food and It’s Making People ...
As those restaurants are almost always tourists traps where the food isn't good. If you are not confident enough in your food to just write the name of the dish and have to take photos of it to interest clients, odds are your food sucks.

South Korea and Japan are buffeted by hacks as AI lowers bar for ...
South Korea and Japan are buffeted by hacks as AI lowers bar for cybercriminals (banks, retailers, churches, restaurants, etc.)

Cracker Barrel orders its employees travelling for work to only eat at ...
Cracker Barrel is serving up a new rule for employees hitting the road: When it comes to meals, the company wants them to stick to its own restaurants. In an internal message obtained by the Wall Street Journal, the company said that "employees are expected to dine at a Cracker Barrel store for all or the majority of meals while traveling, whenever practical, based on location and schedule ...

KFC reveals Avengers: Doomsday menu with black burgers, green mayo and ...
KFC has announced a collaboration with Marvel Studios ahead of Avengers: Doomsday, introducing a limited-time menu inspired by Doctor Doom. The fast-food chain is teaming up with Marvel for the first time, bringing a range of themed burgers, wings, fries, drinks, and collectibles to restaurants from November 9.

Some of Texas’s oldest barbecue joints close as meat prices skyrocket
Daniel Vaughn, Texas Monthly's barbecue editor since 2013, said part of the problem is that as brisket prices increased, barbecue restaurants kept their prices "artificially low." "Now the price of everything has gone up, everything they need to run that restaurant: labor costs, takeout containers, coleslaw and those other meat proteins.

Not getting tips from bar/restaurant until im finished "training"
I've been at multiple restaurants and every place was like this. Trainer makes the tips while the trainee works the section. A good trainer will split the tips with you. But for Kitchen? Never seen kitchen get tips other than tipout via credit card charges. Edit: While training, trainee always made minimum wage, not 2.15 server hourly.

World Cup visitors are going viral for their reactions to everyday ...
As hundreds of thousands of international visitors descend on the United States for the 2026 World Cup, many are documenting more than just the action on the field. Across TikTok, Instagram and other social media platforms, fans from around the world are sharing their reactions to uniquely American experiences, from sprawling supermarkets and self-serve ice dispensers to oversized pickup ...

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What doctors want patients to know about rheumatoid arthritis  American Medical Association | AMA
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Diagnosis and Management for the Family Physician  American Academy Of Family Physicians | AAFP
Switching Rheumatologists? Here’s How to Navigate  HealthCentral
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Treatment Advances Reduce Pain, Slow Progression  Yale Medicine
What Is Rheumatoid Arthritis?  Lehigh Valley Health Network
11 Signs Your Rheumatoid Arthritis May Be Getting Worse, and You Should See a Doctor  CreakyJoints
Rheumatoid Arthritis: 10 Things Doctors Want You to Know  Healthgrades Health Library
Dr. Thomas Riley Receives RA Research Grant  Arthritis Foundation
Matt Iseman: Rheumatoid arthritis warrior  NIH MedlinePlus Magazine (.gov)
5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Rheumatoid Arthritis Appointments  SELF Magazine
Dr. Sudumpai J., Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Specialist  MedPark Hospital
Foods You Should Avoid with Rheumatoid Arthritis  Hackensack Meridian Health
Early diagnosis combined with new treatments for rheumatoid arthritis contribute to significant advances in disease control  Nebraska Medicine
8 Diseases That Could Mimic Rheumatoid Arthritis — and Delay Your Diagnosis  CreakyJoints
Measuring Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis  Arthritis Foundation

Common Rheumatological Symptoms

Joint Pain (Arthralgia) — Persistent discomfort or soreness in one or more joints caused by inflammation, wear and tear, or underlying autoimmune responses.
Morning Stiffness — Reduced joint mobility and tightness upon waking, often lasting over 30 to 60 minutes in inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis.
Joint Swelling and Edema — Visible enlargement of affected joints resulting from fluid accumulation in the synovial membrane and inflamed surrounding tissue.
Localized Warmth and Redness — Elevated temperature and erythema skin discoloration surrounding inflamed joints due to increased blood flow from localized inflammation.
Systemic Fatigue — Overwhelming exhaustion and lack of energy caused by ongoing chronic inflammatory cytokine activity throughout the body.
Raynaud's Phenomenon — Temporary color changes in fingers or toes turning white, blue, and red in response to cold or stress due to vascular spasms.
Malar or Butterfly Rash — Red or purplish facial rash spanning across the bridge of the nose and cheeks, classically associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Milestones in Rheumatology History

c. 400 BC: Hippocratic Corpus Coining — Hippocrates uses the term "rheuma" to describe body humors flowing into joints, establishing the early classical concept of joint inflammation.
1592: Formal Definition of Rheumatism — French physician Guillaume de Baillou introduces the modern term "rheumatism" to distinguish systemic acute arthritis from localized gout.
1800: Clinical Description of Rheumatoid Arthritis — Augustin Jacob Landré-Beauvais publishes the first detailed clinical description separating rheumatoid arthritis from gout, calling it "asthenic gout."
1859: Naming of Rheumatoid Arthritis — Sir Alfred Baring Garrod formally coins the term "rheumatoid arthritis" to clearly differentiate the inflammatory autoimmune condition from osteoarthritis and gout.
1940: Discovery of the Rheumatoid Factor — Erik Waaler discovers autoantibodies in the blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, laying the groundwork for serological autoimmune diagnostics.
1948: Introduction of Corticosteroid Therapy — Philip Hench and Edward Kendall demonstrate the dramatic anti-inflammatory effects of Compound E (cortisone) in treating rheumatoid arthritis, earning the Nobel Prize.
1998: Emergence of Biologic DMARDs — The FDA approves the first TNF-alpha inhibitors, ushering in the modern era of targeted biologic therapies for autoimmune rheumatic diseases.

Current Trends in Rheumatology Research

Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Reset Therapy — Investigating engineered cellular therapies to achieve drug-free, durable clinical remissions by completely depleting pathogenic autoantibodies in severe refractory lupus and systemic sclerosis.
Selective TYK2 and Oral JAK Pathway Inhibition — Developing highly targeted, small-molecule oral inhibitors like deucravacitinib that disrupt specific cytokine signaling pathways while minimizing broader off-target side effects.
Targeted Pathogenic T-Cell and B-Cell Depletion — Evaluating novel biologics, such as rosnilimab and ianalumab, designed to selectively deplete overactive immune cell subpopulations involved in rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren's disease.
Biomarker-Driven Precision Medicine — Utilizing pharmacogenomics and molecular biomarkers to predict individualized therapeutic responses and match systemic autoimmune conditions to specific biological mechanisms.
Subclinical Interception and Disease Prevention — Identifying seropositive individuals early using high-risk autoantibody profiles to initiate preventive targeted therapies before irreversible joint damage occurs.
Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Disease Modeling — Deploying machine learning algorithms across electronic health records and imaging modalities to forecast inflammatory flares and refine diagnostic accuracy.