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.

Monoclonal antibody against new target found safe for moderate RA

Posted on: 27/02/2014 - 18:50

The human monoclonal antibody MOR103, which targets granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, was well tolerated and exhibited a satisfactory safety profile in the first human study assessing...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Antiphospholipid, thrombosis histories differently affect pregnancy antithrombotic needs

Posted on: 26/02/2014 - 22:10

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Whether a woman with antiphospholipid antibodies meets diagnostic criteria for antiphospholipid syndrome makes a huge difference in her risk of pregnancy failure. Having...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Gut-joint connection promising in psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 26/02/2014 - 15:10

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Mounting circumstantial evidence points to perturbation of bacterial communities in the gut and skin as important environmental triggers for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. A...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Internal Medicine News - Rheumatology

Posted on: 24/02/2014 - 21:00

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Feed

VIDEO: Are those musculoskeletal symptoms psoriatic arthritis?

Posted on: 20/02/2014 - 22:05

WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – Dermatologists are in a unique position to identify psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis whose musculoskeletal symptoms may be too subtle for them to mention to an...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

NIH and pharma partner on RA, lupus, diabetes, Alzheimer’s research

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 15:35

The National Institutes of Health, 10 biopharmaceutical companies, and several nonprofit organizations have partnered to transform the current model for identifying and validating the most promising...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Colchicine: Old drug with a new trick

Posted on: 12/02/2014 - 14:40

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Colchicine, a venerable drug Hippocrates proposed as a gout remedy some 2,400 years ago, shows fresh potential as a novel treatment for osteoarthritis. "I’m going out on a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

No new cardiovascular warnings needed for NSAIDs say FDA advisers

Posted on: 11/02/2014 - 23:00

SILVER SPRING, MD. – There do not need to be major changes to the warning labels on prescription and over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, said a group of federal advisers on...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

NSAID makers argue against new warnings on CV risks

Posted on: 11/02/2014 - 14:05

SILVER SPRING, MD. – Manufacturers of prescription and over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications said at a <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Shift in approach needed for managing inflammatory arthritis in pregnancy

Posted on: 05/02/2014 - 21:35

SNOWMASS, COLO. – The common strategy of managing inflammatory arthritis during pregnancy by stopping all prepregnancy medications and prescribing prednisone is counterproductive, Dr. Megan E.B....

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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