This year (2014) we are celebrating the 80th anniversary of Dr Maxwell Myer Wintrobe’s pioneer works, one of the most important contributions in clinical…

A universal blood test to detect cancer developed by scientists at the UK’s University of Bradford is showing promise in trials, raising hopes for…

Patients with a particularly difficult-to-treat form of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia have gained access to a new treatment option in the US…

The symposium, co-chaired by Prof Johanne Martel-Pelletier and Prof Antonello Pietrangelo, opened with a discussion of metabolic syndrome-associated…

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease in which vascular damage and immune activation leads to excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix…

Idiopathic scoliosis (IS) is a lifetime condition and is defined as a structural, lateral rotated curvature of the spine of >10° on standing coronal…

Osteoporosis is one of the leading causes of handicap worldwide and a major contributor to the global burden of diseases. In particular, osteoporosis is…

Musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) is increasingly used as a bedside tool for diagnostic and monitoring purposes in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a multifactorial disease with a pathogenesis which remains inexplicable. However, genome-wide association studies…

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic disorder associated mainly with pain, limited range of motion, stiffness, joint inflammation, and articular cartilage…