Rheumatology
- A 21-year-old woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and persistent lightheadedness
She has a long history of lightheadedness upon standing, and it is getting worse.
- Cleveland Clinic—A century of progress
No one in their right mind would want to return to the “good old days.”
- Double the reasons for giving the flu vaccine in 2020
Limiting the impact of other diseases, possibly including COVID-19.
- The effect of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on vaccine immunogenicity in adults
Patients can have variable responses to vaccines, depending on the vaccine and the DMARD.
- SARS-CoV-2 and myocardial injury: Few answers, many questions
What is the mechanism? Is this a distinct population? What are the treatment options?
- Polymyalgia rheumatica: An updated review
Suspect it in older patients with bilateral shoulder and hip stiffness in the morning.
- A seaworthy nautical tale and a pictured rash
In history’s first randomized controlled trial, James Lind gave 2 sailors lemons and oranges, and they got better.
- Cytokines and the still-baffling clinical biology of COVID-19
The primary culprit is not certain. Is it all immune damage, or is the continued persistence of coronavirus playing a role?