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.

Sirukumab improves rheumatoid arthritis symptoms in phase II trial

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 14:40

The investigational drug sirukumab significantly improved signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in a

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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VIDEO: Feeding elderly patients after hip surgery

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 21:05

LAS VEGAS – Among 100 hip fracture patients at Salem (Ore.) Hospital, those fed within 24 hours left the hospital sooner, and fewer of them died. Other patients went up to a week without being...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Milk may slow knee OA progression in women

Posted on: 07/04/2014 - 19:45

Milk consumption was associated with a slowing of the structural progression of knee osteoarthritis among women who participated in the longitudinal Osteoarthritis Initiative study. From a group of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Plasma fluoride levels tied to voriconazole-induced periostitis

Posted on: 07/04/2014 - 17:20

LAS VEGAS – Check fluoride levels in patients on long-term voriconazole who present with new-onset bone pain, researchers at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., advised after <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Olokizumab showed promise for RA patients nonresponsive to antitumor necrosis factor therapies

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 15:25

Olokizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody specific for the interleukin-6 cytokine, showed promise for patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had an inadequate response to antitumor necrosis factor...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

It’s time to put to rest the calcium supplement controversy

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 13:55

SAN DIEGO – Lingering concern over increased risk cardiovascular events and mortality associated with calcium supplementation do not outweigh the bone benefits of calcium supplements, Connie Weaver,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Switching biologic may lower risk of second infection-related hospitalization in RA

Posted on: 24/03/2014 - 13:25

Rheumatoid arthritis patients taking an anti–tumor necrosis factor agent who had a prior hospitalization because of an infection significantly reduced their risk of a subsequent infection-related...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

FDA approves PDE-4 inhibitor for treating psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 21/03/2014 - 21:50

Apremilast, an oral phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, has been approved for treating adults with active psoriatic arthritis, based on the results of three studies of 1,493 patients, the Food and Drug...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Autoimmune disease coalition seeks to increase physician knowledge

Posted on: 18/03/2014 - 21:10

WASHINGTON – Some 64% of family physicians are "uncomfortable" or "stressed" when diagnosing autoimmune disease, and almost three-quarters said they have not been given adequate...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Allergy myths misdirect patients, physicians

Posted on: 14/03/2014 - 15:10

SAN DIEGO – Is there really such a thing as a hypoallergenic dog? (Bo Obama, we’re looking at you.) Can blood tests for sale on the Internet identify a child’s allergies? And must parents wait until...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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