Rheumato, Volume 2, Issue 4

Current lifestyle and environmental factors contribute to obesity development, leading to low-grade chronic inflammation (LGCI). Apart from obesity, LGCI is also related to rheumatic diseases such as osteoporosis (OP) and osteoarthritis (OA). In thes...

The inaugural issue of Rheumato exhibits the gamut of phenomenology that is inherent to why we became rheumatologists: our reliance on fundamentals, the quest to decipher apparently disparate findings, problem solving, hypothesis formation as to mech...

Background: Efforts to increase acceptance and reduce avoidance behaviors in patients who suffer from chronic pain are likely to have additional beneficial effects on pain management. The primary aim of the current study was to evaluate whether a seq...

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multisystem autoimmune disease. Serositis occurs in 16% of SLE patients, and while cardiac tamponade and acute peritonitis with ascites can occur during the course of the disease, they are rare as the f...

Scientific methodology (logos) is predicated upon generating hypotheses and testing them, following where the collected data and evidence lead [...]

The current time/experience allotted for rheumatology in primary care education seems like paying lip service to a medical education clinical approach consisting of: 1 [...]