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.
EUSTAR Analysis Yields Predictors of Skin Improvement in Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis Systemic sclerosis is one of the most challenging of rheumatic diseases, often complicated by significant morbidity and leads to irreversible disability…
Typical Therapies Not Tough Enough to Curb Digital Ulcers Physicians should use more aggressive therapy for patients with systemic sclerosis who are at high risk for digital ulcers, according to…
FDA Approves Riociguat (Adempas) for PAH and CTEPH News of the approval comes within weeks of an announcement that the drug would be granted 2 separate orphan-drug designations. medscape.com Novel…
Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension Pulmonary hypertension (PH), defined as a mean pulmonary arterial pressure greater than 25 mm Hg… emedicine.medscape.com More connective tissue disease–associated PAH seen in older patients Patient age…
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) is a rare disease characterized by elevated pulmonary artery… emedicine.medscape.com Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is one of the less commonly…
Progress in Diagnosis and Management of Scleroderma Lung Disease Watch John Varga, MD speak at the Scleroderma Patient Education Conference on October 10, 2015. The video highlights important details about…
Myositis-related interstitial lung disease and Anti-Synthetase Syndrome In patients with myositis, the lung is commonly involved, and the presence of anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (anti-ARS) antibodies marks the presence or predicts… www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov…
Rheumatoid arthritis-associated lung disease Comprehensive, up-to-date review of RA-associated lung diseases including pathogenesis and management <http://ow.ly/FBaNZ> err.ersjournals.com Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease: a perspective review Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is defined as a specific form of chronic, progressive fibrosing… emedicine.medscape.com Lung fibrosis is a dismal condition, especially the…
Future treatment for asthma The landscape of asthma has considerably changed after 40 years of inhaled corticosteroid development and nearly 20 years since the first monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were approved. New members…
