Rheumatology

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.

DXA screening: You’re doing it wrong

Posted on: 21/05/2015 - 17:35

Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry to screen for osteoporosis is both underused in women who meet the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force criteria for screening, and overused in low-risk younger women,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

Rate ratio of comorbidity high in SLE patients under 40

Posted on: 20/05/2015 - 14:00

MANCHESTER, U.K. – When systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) occurs before age 40, patients run a high relative risk of end-stage renal disease, data from a retrospective U.K.-based cohort study have...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

Obesity implicated in spinal degeneration

Posted on: 16/05/2015 - 20:40

SEATTLE – Heavier individuals are more likely to have degenerative changes of the lumbar spine seen on MRI, according to findings from an analysis o... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

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