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.
Autoimmune-mediated gut dysmotility puts patients at risk for bacterial overgrowth LAS VEGAS – Patients with systemic sclerosis, mixed connective tissue disease, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome who have a gastrointestinal symptom cluster…
Enterococcus hirae and Barnesiella intestinihominis Facilitate Cyclophosphamide-Induced Therapeutic Immunomodulatory Effects Cyclophosphamide (CTX) is an immunomodulatory anticancer compound. Daillère et al. show that the antitumoral efficacy of CTX relies on two gut…
Intestinal dysbiosis is common in systemic sclerosis and associated with gastrointestinal and extraintestinal features of disease Recent evidence suggests a link between autoimmunity and the intestinal microbial composition in several…
Research Explores the Gut's Role in Lupus The gut may play a role in lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome, which affects 10… rheumatologynetwork.com Hints of Hormone-Microbiome Connection in Lupus' Gender Gap…
Distal Airway Dysbiosis Present in Early RA Distal airway dysbiosis is present in untreated early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and similar to that detected in sarcoidosis lung inflammation, according to a…
Microbiota and chronic inflammatory arthritis: an interwoven link Only recently, the scientific community gained insights on the importance of the intestinal resident flora for the host’s health and disease. Gut…
Eating fibre keeps gut microbes from eating you Doctors and nutritionists have always told us to eat our broccoli; a new study shows what happens if we do not listen…
The Rise of the Microbiome: The Relatively Short Road From Hunch to Hype to Hope The speed of discovery in revealing the hidden world in our gut has been staggering.…
Pregabalin may lessen pain from irritable bowel syndrome, study finds Patients suffering from pain related to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may benefit from taking pregabalin, a neuro-pain inhibitor commonly used…
Postexertion 'Crash,' not Fatigue per se, Marks Syndrome New research demonstrates numerous biological abnormalities accompanying and after even minimal exertion among patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, also… medscape.com Metabolic features…
