Add-on prednisolone ‘still has role in RA’
A trial shows it can be useful to dampen disease activity while maintaining an acceptable safety profile, researchers say.
Tag: Rheumatology
Real Case: Wrist pain that sounds like gout and looks like gout, but is it gout?
History: A fit 80-year-old retired teacher woke up with a painful right wrist that prevented him from writing or holding a cup of coffee. He…
Can you predict which patients will need a hip or knee replacement?
An Australian-developed genetic risk score could provide a 'personalised' approach to managing osteoarthritis.
Study backs prophylactic COVID-19 therapies in severe immunosuppression
Patients who fail to respond to vaccination could benefit from a 'timely' monoclonal antibody combination, a French study suggests.
From a gout mainstay to novel autoimmune therapies: The hunt for a long COVID panacea
Scientists are looking at repurposing existing treatments as well as new agents targeting fatigue and inflammation.
Early-onset lupus linked to higher risk of nephritis
Analysis of survival among a large British cohort suggests, however, that mortality is not increased in these patients.
New evidence links respiratory diseases to rheumatoid arthritis
Much more research is needed, however, to establish causality, US researchers say.
Safety concerns dominate early trial of experimental lupus therapy
Those receiving iberdomide were more prone to discontinuation, infections and neutropenia.
Son pays tribute to rheumatologist who died in floodwaters
Dr Alex Klestov's family hopes to raise enough funds to ensure his patients in Central and South-East Queensland have access to rheumatology servic…
Combination treatment shows promise for psoriatic arthritis: study
Addition of leflunomide to methotrexate therapy may be valuable for patients with active disease, researchers say.
