Latest Articles
- Thyroid eye disease: What’s the latest?
A better understanding of the pathophysiology of this autoimmune disorder has led to innovative insights into its treatment, but long-term management remains a challenge.
- Should we continue guideline-directed medical therapy in patients with heart failure with improved ejection fraction?
Therapy should be continued even if left ventricular ejection fraction improves, as normalization or improvement does not guarantee a permanent recovery.
- Multiple scabietic nodules on the scrotum in a patient living with HIV infection
A 21-year-old man presented with pruritic erythematous papules and nodules on the scrotum and linear keratotic burrows on the right wrist.
Low-dose colchicine for management of coronary artery diseaseCurrent guidelines endorse adding low-dose colchicine to standard medical therapy for coronary artery disease prevention, but data show clinicians remain hesitant to use it for this indication.
- No surprise, all inflammation is not created equal as it relates to cardiovascular disease
It is accepted that inflammation is an important component of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, but have we found the right inflammatory target for pharmacologic therapy?
- Benign migratory glossitis
A 26-year-old woman presented with well-defined erythematous patches on her tongue that had developed over the previous 6 months.
- Nearly a century of using glucocorticoids in patients with active infection
Why would we consider dampening the immune response with glucocorticoids when a patient has an active infection?
- MDA5 dermatomyositis: Unveiling a potentially life-threatening disease
Timely diagnosis and initiation of aggressive immunosuppressive therapy are key to improving the 40% overall mortality rate in patients with MDA5 dermatomyositis.
