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.

Crohn's Disease

Gastrointestinal Ultrasound Useful for Assessing IBD Gastrointestinal ultrasound (GIUS) accurately and noninvasively assesses… medscape.com Blood Biomarker Predicts Response to Ustekinumab in Patients With Refractory Crohn’s Disease By Denise Baez... dgnews.docguide.com…

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Ulcerative Colitis

Thousands of Sask. patients could benefit from new technology replacing colonoscopies cbc.ca Bowel-Ultrasound Criteria Accurately Assess Disease Activity in Ulcerative Colitis medscape.com FDA Panel Votes to Favor High Dose Xeljanz…

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Coeliac Disease

The Transcriptomic Analysis of Circulating Immune Cells in a Celiac Family Unveils Further Insights Into Disease Pathogenesis Celiac disease (CD), the most common chronic enteropathy worldwide, is triggered and… frontiersin.org…

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Gout Roundup

Current and Emerging Drug Options in the Treatment of Gout Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research,……

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Gout ℞: Tapering

Effects of Discontinuation of Urate-Lowering Therapy: A Systematic Review Background Urate-lowering therapy (ULT) is associated with low rates of adherence, leading to a potential risk of relapse of gouty arthritis,…

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