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Psoriatic Arthritis: A Review

Psoriatic arthritis is an inflammatory arthritis which affects the skin and musculoskeletal system. If not diagnosed early and treated effectively it can…

Therapies in the Pipeline for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

The current goals in the development of novel therapeutics of systemic autoimmune diseases are to develop agents more effective than conventional…

Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies; Association with Overlap Myositis and Syndromes: Classification, Clinical Characteristics, and Associated Autoantibodies

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are traditionally identified as a group of disorders that target skeletal muscle due to autoimmune dysfunction…

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Green Tea Used to Improve Cognitive Function of Individuals with Down’s Syndrome

INDIVIDUALS with Down’s syndrome have for the first time experienced an improvement in cognitive function as the result of receiving daily doses of green…

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Stem Cells Offer Wider Potential After Restoring Motor Functions in Stroke Patients

THE SUCCESS of a small clinical trial using stem cells to restore the motor functions of stroke patients could have wider implications for the treatment…

ESMO 2018 Annual Congress to be held in Munich

Switzerland, 21 July, 2016 – ESMO, the leading European professional organisation for medical oncology, has announced that the ESMO 2018 Annual Congress…

World Brain Day 2016 Devoted to the Ageing Brain

London, July 2016 – “It is becoming increasingly clear that neurological disorders, such as stroke and dementia but to name a few, are projected to rise…

The Role of IL-6 in Autoimmune Disease

Rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, is an incompletely understood disorder. The complex pathophysiology of RA is regulated in part by a network of different…

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Hip Surgery May Not Be Best Choice

EVIDENCE from a study carried out in the USA shows that arthroscopic hip surgery might not always be a suitable option for people with osteoarthritis…

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Adalimumab Drug Suppresses Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

DISCOVERY of a new function in a widely used anti-inflammatory drug could offer new insight into the divergent efficacies of different medications which…