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.

PsA: IL23 Inhibition

Targeting IL-23 a Hit in Psoriatic Arthritis Multiple disease domains showed significant improvement medpagetoday.com Guselkumab Improves Psoriatic Arthritis in Phase 2a Study Guselkumab significantly improved joint symptoms, physical function, psoriasis,…

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PsA: Treat-to-Target

Treating axial spondyloarthritis and peripheral spondyloarthritis, especially psoriatic arthritis, to target: 2017 update of recommendations by an international task force Therapeutic targets have been defined for axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis…

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Predicting Bad PsA

Identifying Preclinical Psoriatic Arthritis in Hope of Prevention Dr Kevin Deane explains how this new research may provide a window of opportunity for preventing psoriatic arthritis. medscape.com "A variety of…

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Risks of PsA

The effects of structural damage on functional disability in psoriatic arthritis Background Functional outcomes are central in patients with chronic inflammatory… ard.bmj.com Damage, especially joint space narrowing, predicts for eventual…

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