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…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Golimumab, a new anti-TNF monoclonal antibody, administered subcutaneously every 4 weeks, shows sustained efficacy in reducing signs and symptoms of active psoriatic arthritis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Anakinra is highly effective in treating patients with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID), researchers from the National Institutes of Health report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Birth defects are uncommon in offspring of women exposed to leflunomide before conception or in the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rituximab monotherapy is “a very good option” for severe cryoglobulinemic vasculitis (CV), according to the authors of an Italian study published online December…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with systemic vasculitis associated with rheumatoid arthritis respond well to rituximab therapy, French investigators report in Arthritis Care & Research online November…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Diuretic use is associated with an increased incidence of gout, an association mediated by increases in serum urate levels, according to findings published…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to persistent concerns, the use of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha antagonists, as a group, to treat autoimmune diseases is not associated with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Smoking, COPD and peptic ulcer disease are important risk factors for complications in patients undergoing elective primary total hip replacement (THR) or primary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Biweekly injections of pegloticase may quickly lower uric acid and ease symptoms in some gout patients who don’t get better with usual treatment,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with arthritis acknowledge having thoughts of suicide twice as often as people without arthritis, researchers report. “Suicidal ideation is prevalent among adults…
