Rheumatology

Behavioural interventions and immunologic indicators of health, disease activity, and immune function are discrete subject areas

The sclerodermas are a family of autoimmune rheumatic diseases characterised by activation of the adaptive and innate immune system, genetic and vascular involvement…

Interferons (IFN) are a class of cytokines that are produced in response to pathogenic stimuli.1 The IFN family was divided into three classes: Type I, Type II, and Type III…

I confess that serendipity was a main driver of my career path. In college, I was a physics major with an interest in humanities…

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of health conditions linked to increased cardiovascular disease. It is found worldwide in increasing…

My father is a physician and served as an inspiration for me and my three older sisters to go into medicine. Having attended…

Up to 10% of the Western population are affected by IMIDs,1 including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…

A 63-year-old female with history of psoriasis, degenerative disc disease, and osteoarthritis of the hands and knees presented with…