The 9 Muses are daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, Greek goddesses personifying the inspiration for the sciences and the arts.
My highly opinionated news-blog draws inspiration from both the science and the art of Rheumatology.
Remission in rheumatoid arthritis: benefit over low disease activity in patient-reported outcomes and costs arthritis-research.biomedcentral.com "Patients with REM show better function, HRQoL, and productivity, even when compared with another good…
Weight, Smoking Inhibit RA Remission Factors differ for women and men, but both relate to lifestyle medpagetoday.com Predictors of remission with etanercept-methotrexate induction therapy and loss of remission with etanercept…
Clinical, Imaging, and Pathological Suppression of Synovitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Is the Disease Curable? The management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has witnessed a dramatic… frontiersin.org The guiding mantra…
Conservative early approach likely best, RA expert says SANDESTIN, FLA. – Gerd R. Burmester, MD, said he has drawn inspiration from the CARE-RA study for much of his practice in…
Does RA Have a Prodrome? A pattern of increased primary care visits and joint complaints during the 2 years before rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was diagnosed were predictive of… rheumnow.com Can…
Patient-provider discordance between global assessments of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a comprehensive clinical evaluation Discordance between patients with… arthritis-research.biomedcentral.com Disease activity assessment is not an exact science. About a…
Right drug, right patient, right time: aspiration or future promise for biologics in rheumatoid arthritis? Individualising biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) to maximise… arthritis-research.biomedcentral.com Personalised biologic DMARD assignment is still…
High titers of both rheumatoid factor and anti-CCP antibodies at baseline in patients with rheumatoid arthritis are associated with increased circulating baseline TNF level, low drug levels, and reduced clinical…
One year in review 2018: novelties in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis One year in review; Authors: Alessandra Bortoluzzi, Federica Furini, Elena Generali, Ettore Silvagni, Nicoletta Luciano, Carlo Alberto Scirè…
Glucocorticoids unlikely to influence tofacitinib efficacy in RA patients Concomitant use of glucocorticoids is unlikely to alter the efficacy of the Janus kinase inhibitor tofacitinib among patients with rheumatoid… medwirenews.com…
