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.
New Guideline: NSAIDs Effective in Treating Ankylosing Spondylitis & Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis In February, new recommendations were released for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis and… www.the-rheumatologist.org|By Richard Quinn NSAIDs in…
Case Report on the Illness of Paul Klee (1879-1940) This article reports on the disease that afflicted Paul Klee, the famous artist. He died before the disease that killed him…
The term ‘non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis’ (nr-AxSpA) is much more important to classify than to diagnose patients with axial spondyloarthritis The term axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) now is used frequently to describe…
HLA-B27 Syndromes: Overview, Pathophysiology, Clinical Features of HLA-B27 Syndromes The first human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haplotype association with inflammatory disease was… emedicine.medscape.com Other than sacroiliitis and enthesitis, the HLA-B27 is…
Enthesitis: New Insights into the Pathogenesis, Diagnostic Modalities & Treatment Enthesitis is a central feature of spondyloarthritis (SpA). This review article summarizes the substantial progress that has been made in…
How Should We Define Sacroiliitis? Dr Deane reviews a study that evaluated the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) in a cohort of patients with persistent low back pain. www.medscape.com…
Secukinumab may slow structural ankylosing spondylitis progression LONDON – Long-term treatment with the interleukin 17A inhibitor secukinumab showed suggestive evidence of inhibiting structural progression of spinal disease… www.rheumatologynews.com|By MITCHEL L.…
Statin Side Effects Are For Real The GAUSS-3 trial, recently published in JAMA, examined cholesterol-lowering interventions in patients with a high LDL (>120 mg/dl) and a history of statin… rheumnow.com AS…
Leflunomide Use and Risk of Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Literature Review and Metaanalysis of Randomized Controlled Trials m.jrheum.org Arava (Leflunomide) is a common first line DMARD used…
ORBIT Study Shows Rituximab and TNF inhibitor Equivalence The initial choice of biologic is crucial to long-term success. Yet there are few studies evaluating head-to-head differences in some of our…
