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.
Amyloidosis - Medscape Amyloid is defined as in vivo deposited material distinguished by the following: Fibrillar appearance… emedicine.medscape.com Amyloidosis - Wikipedia Amyloidosis is a group of diseases in which abnormal…
Cholesterol Crystals Suggest Looming Heart Attack Cholesterol crystals that pierce the arterial plaque and intima trigger local and systemic inflammation that can lead to a myocardial infarction (MI), according to…
Cholesterol Embolism - Medscape Cholesterol embolism syndrome, shown below, should be suspected in a patient who develops worsening renal function, hypertension, distal ischemia, or acute multisystem dysfunction after an invasive…
Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease: a frequent finding in patients with long-standing erosive gout (2017). Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease:… tandfonline.com Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease linked to increased odds of RA, osteoporosis,…
For acute gout, corticosteroids look safer than NSAIDs A meta-analysis of six randomized, controlled trials suggests equal efficacy, but patients taking corticosteroids had a lower frequency of indigestion, nausea, and…
Gout May Increase Risk of Knee Replacement in OA medpagetoday.com Gout associated with elevated risk for kidney stones Patients with gout are more likely to develop nephrolithiasis than population controls,…
Alcohol cited as risk factor for gout through glucose, apolipoprotein metabolism Alcohol altered the risk for gout through glucose and apolipoprotein metabolism, according to a… healio.com Beer, Spirits Increase Gout…
Urate Crystal Deposition, Accumulation, and Inflammation: New Insights Into the Mechanisms of Gout This educational activity is intended to provide current information on issues concerning clinical challenges in the diagnosis…
Evolving Pathogenic Concepts on Atopic Dermatitis, its Systemic Nature and its Therapeutic Implications Atopic dermatitis (AD) is the most common and… reachmd.com Current guidelines for the evaluation and management of…
Reversal of CD8 T-Cell–Mediated Mucocutaneous Graft-Versus-Host-Like Disease by the JAK Inhibitor Tofacitinib The utility of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is limited by graft-versus-hostdisease (GVHD), a significant cause of morbidity…
