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.
Vasculitis 2018: The Bench and the Bedside An annual review takes a look at recently published studies regarding the classification, diagnosis, and management of systemic vasculitis. medscape.com Biomarkers in vasculitis…
The Importance of Muscular Strength: Training Considerations This review covers underlying physiological characteristics and training considerations that may affect muscular strength including improving maximal force expression and time-limited force... link.springer.com…
Inevitable muscle wasting of old age could be stopped, scientists believe The inevitable muscle wasting of old age could be stopped, scientists believe, after discovering why people become frail as…
Hip Pain: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment Is your hip hurting? Learn about the possible causes of hip pain and common ways to get relief from the soreness. webmd.com A Systematic Approach…
Clinical classification in low back pain: best-evidence diagnostic rules based on systematic reviews Clinical examination findings are used in primary care to give an initial diagnosis to patients with low…
Neuroinflammation of the spinal cord and nerve roots in chronic radicular pain patients ensive behaviors in laboratory animals. However, thus far the translation of those findings into novel treatments for…
Neuroanatomy and Neuropsychology of Pain We have reviewed here the neuroanatomical and neuropsychological literature of the human brain and have proposed the various pain mechanisms that we currently know of.…
Fibromyalgia sufferers get pain relief from IV lidocaine Patients with fibromyalgia resistant to more routine therapies have a new pain relief treatment available. Intravenous (IV) lidocaine infusion provided significant pain…
Fibromyalgia: The Long and Winding Road rheumatologynetwork.com Longitudinal stability of fibromyalgia symptom clusters Using self-report questionnaires of key fibromyalgia symptom domains (pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, function, stiffness, dyscognition, depression, and…
Genetics of ankylosing spondylitis—insights into pathogenesis <p>Several genetic associations have been identified in patients with spondyloarthropathies, particularly ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The most recent… nature.com
