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.

Vitamin D landscape marked by lack of consensus

Posted on: 08/12/2014 - 21:14

If you’re stumped about what to tell patients who ask you if they should be adding supplemental vitamin D to their diet, you’re not alone. Speaker after speaker at a public conference on vitamin D...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Secukinumab tames psoriatic arthritis in FUTURE 2 trial

Posted on: 07/12/2014 - 19:50

BOSTON – Secukinumab improved quality of life and symptoms in patients with psoriatic arthritis, regardless of whether they had received prior anti-tumor-necrosis factor therapy or were concurrently...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Early discoid lupus onset protective against nephritis

Posted on: 07/12/2014 - 16:32

BOSTON - Among 839 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and no evidence of lupus nephritis at the time of diagnosis, the presence of discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) at SLE onset was...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Consider biopsy for active lupus nephritis in pregnancy

Posted on: 05/12/2014 - 19:28

PHILADELPHIA – Renal biopsies are a useful tool for optimizing outcomes in pregnant patients with active lupus nephritis, according to Dr. Derek M. Fine. Although caution is advisable, a general...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Few psoriatic arthritis patients achieve minimal disease activity on methotrexate

Posted on: 05/12/2014 - 16:16

BOSTON – It’s time to test whether methotrexate is really up to snuff as a first-line therapy for psoriatic arthritis, Canadian investigators say. They base that recommendation on findings from a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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TNF-alpha blockers effective in sustaining reduced PsA activity

Posted on: 05/12/2014 - 16:02

A state of minimal disease activity in patients with psoriatic arthritis is sustainable over several years by using treatments with tumor necrosis factor–alpha blockers, according to findings from a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Tapering TNFi’s safe and much cheaper in RA

Posted on: 01/12/2014 - 21:47

BOSTON – Tapering but perhaps not completely stopping tumor necrosis factor inhibitors can result in good control of rheumatoid arthritis with considerable cost savings, according to investigators in...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Nonsteroidal ‘DAGR’ looks sharp against RA

Posted on: 26/11/2014 - 16:06

BOSTON – A nonsteroidal investigational drug that acts on the glucocorticoid receptor was superior to placebo and noninferior to higher-dose prednisone in adults with rheumatoid arthritis,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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FDA panel addresses neurologic risks of epidural steroid injections

Posted on: 26/11/2014 - 15:34

SILVER SPRING, MD. – A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended that a contraindication or warning be added to the labels of injectable corticosteroids, specifically pertaining to...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Golimumab effective against nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis with inflammation

Posted on: 26/11/2014 - 15:16

BOSTON – Golimumab was significantly better than placebo at reducing disease activity and inflammation in patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis, but only among those who were positive...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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