Rheumatology

CYTOKINE storm is the term given to immune responses triggered by escalated infections, such as in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Severe immune…

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune condition prevalent in North America and Northern European populations with an incidence of 1%…

Autoimmune hepatitis is a condition closely related to autoimmune diseases. Previously, it was known to have three distinct types, which were recently…

Niccolo Machiavelli and Winston Churchill have both been credited with the advice: “Never waste the opportunity offered by a good crisis.” It would be…

ADDICTIVE opioids are routinely taken by many people with arthritis to manage their pain. Kappa opioid receptor (KOR) agonists are known to be less…

Tocilizumab, an immunosuppressant originally developed as a rheumatoid arthritis treatment, has demonstrated further benefits in treating patients…

Dr Proft opened the symposium with the case of a 33-year-old female patient referred via the online self-referral tool ‘Bechterew Check’…

Axial spondyloarthropathy (axSpA) is a form of inflammatory arthritis that primarily affects the axial skeleton and sacroiliac joints but can also…