Rheumatology | European Federation of Internal Medicine

Rheumatology (Greek ρεύμα, rheuma, river) is a sub-specialty in internal medicine and pediatrics, devoted to diagnosis and therapyof rheumatic diseases. Clinicians who specialize in rheumatology are called rheumatologists. Rheumatologists deal mainly with clinical problems involving joints, soft tissues, autoimmune diseases, vasculitis, and heritable connective tissue disorders.

VIDEO: DAGR may prove to be safer alternative to glucocorticoids

Posted on: 24/11/2014 - 22:19

BOSTON– In the search for safer alternatives to glucocorticoid therapy, DAGR (PF-0417327) may prove to be a contender. The investigational drug is a selective, high-affinity, dissociated agonist of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil ‘equally ineffective’ for lupus nephritis

Posted on: 24/11/2014 - 18:03

BOSTON – It took 10 years to find out that mycophenolate mofetil and azathioprine are comparable as maintenance therapies for patients with lupus nephritis, at least in a European population. Or as...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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VIDEO: Biomarker may reveal lymphoma risk in Sjögren’s syndrome

Posted on: 21/11/2014 - 16:12

BOSTON – Low expression of protein A20 in minor salivary gland tissue appears to be associated with lymphomas in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome. In an interview after his late-breaker...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Experimental antibodies target cytokines to calm SLE

Posted on: 21/11/2014 - 14:43

BOSTON – Two investigational monoclonal antibodies, each targeting a different cytokine, showed good activity against systemic lupus erythematosus in two separate studies presented at the annual...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Axial spondyloarthropathy guidelines: NSAIDs and PT first

Posted on: 20/11/2014 - 16:57

BOSTON – A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug and exercise may be enough to control active axial spondyloarthritis in some patients, suggest authors of draft guidelines on the management of patients...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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VIDEO: Secukinumab rapidly effective against ankylosing spondylitis

Posted on: 20/11/2014 - 14:59

BOSTON – Secukinumab showed enduring efficacy in ankylosing spondylitis after 52 weeks of treatment, based on data reported at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology. The...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Up to 90% of gout hospitalizations might be preventable

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 21:13

BOSTON – Nearly all hospitalizations of people who were discharged with a primary diagnosis of gout were likely preventable, based on the results of a retrospective analysis of 79 cases at a single...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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VIDEO: Collaborative clinic aims at heart of CVD prevention in rheumatic diseases

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 18:34

BOSTON – A multidisciplinary clinic of rheumatologists and cardiologists at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is focused on spreading awareness of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatic...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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VIDEO: Lower heart failure risk seen in users of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 15:28

BOSTON – Rheumatoid arthritis patients taking tumor necrosis factor inhibitors ran a lower risk of developing congestive heart failure than did those on nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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VIDEO: Herpes zoster vaccination: Is it safe for rheumatology patients over age 30 on biologics?

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 15:02

BOSTON– The herpes zoster vaccine may be safe to give to patients who are taking biologic therapies and have quiescent rheumatologic disorders, based on preliminary data from two studies presented at...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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