Rheumatology

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the fastest growing cause of disability worldwide, but, with few proven therapeutic options, it is an underserved condition. With increasingly ageing populations contributing to a rising global prevalence, this unmet need only threatens to worsen in the coming years.

Behavioural interventions and immunologic indicators of health, disease activity, and immune function are discrete subject areas

The sclerodermas are a family of autoimmune rheumatic diseases characterised by activation of the adaptive and innate immune system, genetic and vascular involvement…

Interferons (IFN) are a class of cytokines that are produced in response to pathogenic stimuli.1 The IFN family was divided into three classes: Type I, Type II, and Type III…

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Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of health conditions linked to increased cardiovascular disease. It is found worldwide in increasing…

My father is a physician and served as an inspiration for me and my three older sisters to go into medicine. Having attended…

Up to 10% of the Western population are affected by IMIDs,1 including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…