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.

Osteoporosis

Anti-Mullerian Hormone Test May Predict Bone Loss Assay measures BMD during transition to menopause www.medpagetoday.com The Anti-Mullerian Hormone is often measured in fertility circles as a gauge of ovarian reserves.…

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Foot Pain

Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Denervation of the Medial Calcaneal Nerve Clin J Sport Med. 2016 Feb 10. [Epub ahead of print] www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov|By Counsel PD , et al. A non-surgical option for plantar…

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Osteoarthritis

From osteoarthritic synovium to synovial-derived cells characterization: synovial macrophages are key effector cells <p>Translating research into clinical practice. Arthritis Research & Therapy is a leading journal in the field of…

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Osteoarthritis

Acetaminophen: No Effect in Osteoarthritis Pain or Function A network analysis of multiple therapies used in osteoarthritis found that acetaminophen (paracetamol) does not meet the minimum standard of clinical… rheumnow.com…

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Osteoarthritis

Identifying candidate genes involved in osteoarthritis through bioinformatics analysis This study aims to identify candidate genes and critical pathways involved in osteoarthritis (OA).… WWW.PUBFACTS.COM By comparing and contrasting differential gene…

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Novel Therapies

California Researchers Say it's Possible to Treat Autoimmune Diseases Without Compromising Immune Systems The initial clinical trial led to a surprising observation: some patients responded to treatment even at a…

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Gout

Prednisone in Uric Acid Lowering in Symptomatic Heart Failure Patients with Hyperuricaemia -- The PUSH-PATH3 Study Objective. To determine the safety and efficacy of prednisone in patients with symptomatic heart…

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Scleroderma & IL6

The Many Faces of Interleukin-6: The Role of IL-6 in Inflammation, Vasculopathy, and Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis International Journal of Rheumatology is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes… www.hindawi.com|By…

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