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.

What’s new with methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis

Posted on: 24/02/2015 - 17:45

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Can an old rheumatoid arthritis drug – like an old dog – learn new tricks? When that drug is methotrexate, the answer is def... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Rituximab for RA: Think like a European

Posted on: 24/02/2015 - 14:50

SNOWMASS, COLO. – When it comes to prescribing rituximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, maybe it’s time to think like a European. In res... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Homeopathic injectables topped placebo for knee osteoarthritis

Posted on: 20/02/2015 - 21:29

MAUI, HAWAII – Two homeopathic injectables, as well as the familiar combination of glucosamine and chondroitin, showed promise in two studies of alt... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Ask patients about metal-on-metal hip implants

Posted on: 19/02/2015 - 22:16

MAUI, HAWAII – Rheumatologists and other providers need to ask patients if they’ve had metal-on-metal hip implants. That goes for hip resurfacin... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

How to halt ‘a heart attack of the finger’

Posted on: 19/02/2015 - 14:13

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Persistent, widespread, intense ischemic pain in the vicinity of a digital ulcer in a patient with secondary Raynaud’s phenomeno... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Differentiating between primary and secondary Raynaud’s

Posted on: 19/02/2015 - 14:09

SNOWMASS, COLO.– Physical examination of the hands yields strong clues that a patient presenting with sharply demarcated color changes of the digits... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

An expert on primary Raynaud’s phenomenon describes treatment approach

Posted on: 18/02/2015 - 22:28

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Plenty of medication options exist for treatment of primary Raynaud’s phenomenon caused by reversible cutaneous arteriolar vasos... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: As biosimilars arrive in U.S., treatment questions arise

Posted on: 18/02/2015 - 21:44

MAUI, HAWAII – There’s been fairly brisk uptake of biosimilar infliximab in Europe, both for new patients and as a possible switch from Remicade.... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

ACL repair: ‘We have to do better’

Posted on: 18/02/2015 - 18:29

SNOWMASS, COLO. – A novel approach to repairing anterior cruciate ligament injuries – and perhaps thereby avoiding a downstream tidal wave of knee... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Screen for hematologic cancers in SLE

Posted on: 14/02/2015 - 21:40

SNOWMASS, COLO. – A full decade after a large multicenter study identified non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma as the major cancer risk associated with SLE, it... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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