Portable ultrasound technology is revolutionizing rheumatology diagnostics and care. Muhammad Bardi, MD, highlights its role in detecting inflammatory arthritis, vasculitis, and lupus manifestations. These devices offer real-time imaging…
This video explains Kawasaki disease, a rare vasculitis causing inflammation of blood vessels. It covers the three phases: acute (high fever, red eyes, lips, palms, soles), subacute (peeling…
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases are at increased risk for developing infections like shingles. Many of these patients take immunosuppressive drugs to treat the inflammation…
John J. Ross, MD, instructor at Harvard Medical School, author of Shakespeare’s Tremor and Orwell’s Cough: Medical Lives of Famous Writers, discusses the medical history of Herman Melville and…
Michael Chez, MD, Director of Pediatric Neurology at Sutter Health, evaluates the role that the immune system and inflammation play in autism. Dr. Chez evaluates evidence from different studies, including elevated…
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, often involving the knee. OA is also a major reason most patients have a knee replacement. A new study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors (TNF-I) therapy for various immune-mediated chronic inflammatory diseases does not increase the risk of cancer,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with inflammatory joint disease (IJD), including rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis, respond as well to statin therapy as those without…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – On May 8, a panel of advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted against rilonacept (Arcalyst, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals) for use…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Both hand function and appearance are improved in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with severe deformities treated by silicone metacarpophalangeal joint arthroplasty (SMPA), researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After about a year, patients with early aggressive rheumatoid arthritis have the same improvement in disease activity whether treated initially with methotrexate plus…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are prescribed statin therapy for hypercholesterolemia or ischemic heart disease are at increased risk of death from…
