This content is machine translated Rare diseases Cogan syndrome – a clinical challenge The disease was first described in 1945 by the US physician David Glendering Cogan. The physician noticed a clear hearing loss in combination with keratitis. The exact causes are unclear,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Rheumatoid arthritis Building bridges or tearing them down? Bridging therapy with glucocorticoids (GC) as a temporary part of initial treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) helps to rapidly suppress disease activity. However, it is suspected that patients who have…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Hand osteoarthritis: secondary analysis Oral NSAIDs and glucocorticoids as effective painkillers A research team from the University of Copenhagen conducted a secondary analysis based on data from 72 randomized studies with a total of over 7500 participants to investigate the effectiveness…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated EULAR - Osteoporosis New treatment approaches in the pipeline Osteoporosis may be primary or secondary associated with another disease. For the latter form, both the pathological processes of the underlying condition itself and the use of certain drugs such…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Gout How can the deposits be addressed? At this year’s EULAR congress, Prof. Thomas Bardin, MD, Paris, went into more detail about the many therapeutic strategies for gout and other crystal-induced diseases. In particular, he discussed the…
