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.

Recommended RA targets tied to better health outcomes

Posted on: 06/08/2015 - 16:15

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who achieved recommended targets on measures of disease activity functioned better, had better quality of life, and used fewer health care resources, compared with...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

Usual physiotherapy remains best approach in knee OA

Posted on: 15/07/2015 - 17:53

ROME – There was no advantage to individually prescribed exercises for knee osteoarthritis over usual physiotherapy in a multicenter, longitudinal, randomized study reported at the European Congress...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

Erosive hand disease likely ‘more severe form of OA’

Posted on: 10/07/2015 - 18:47

ROME – Erosive hand osteoarthritis (OA) is probably a more severe form of the disease, rather than a separate clinical entity, a team of Norwegian researchers has suggested. Dr. Alexander Mathiessen...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

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