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Ambrisentan : No changes in the treatment landscape of PAH 26 Jul 2012 | 08:19 am
Treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension is often plaqued by expensive long term medications. Much of the cost is borne by the patient as few, if any, would fund this treatment indefinitely. S...
HLA B27 7 Jul 2012 | 10:18 pm
Following a talk by Prof Asim Khan in Penang, Malaysia Less than 5% of individuals who are HLA B27 positive develop ankylosing spondylitis. However, in relatives of AS patients, who are HLA B27 po...
Pregnancy and Lupus II 6 Jul 2012 | 11:25 pm
Pregnancy and Lupus ( at Lupus Asia, Hong Kong) A talk by Michelle Petri at MSR-SSR Meeting in Penang, Malaysia Dr Michelle Petri has again presented her views on lupus in pregnancy at the MSR...
More apps to improve your practice!! 4 Jul 2012 | 07:57 am
More good apps in this link. http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/apps2?src=mp&spon=38
Smartphone apps that improves your practice. Good tips! 27 Jun 2012 | 08:00 am
Click on the link to view this great article on apps that many of us did not know even knew existed. http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/apps2?src=mp&spon=38
IVIg in Cerebral Lupus 24 Jun 2012 | 04:32 pm
How often is one left with a dilemma when a patient is too sick to receive further immunosuppression but requires intervention for an active lupus activity? This is compounded by the paucity of data e...
Aspirin prophylaxis in Lupus 21 Jun 2012 | 06:55 pm
SLE is now considered as an independant risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Assessments for traditional cardiovascular risks should be routinely performed in all patients with SLE, in particular, ...
EULAR 2012, Berlin 6 Jun 2012 | 01:00 pm
Below is the link to Medscape’s collated reports on EULAR 2012 in Berlin. Medscape Rheumatology Latest advances in SLE from EULAR – Medscape
ACR recommendations for OA, Sjogrens and PMR 12 May 2012 | 08:19 pm
From The Rheumatologist, For OA, 1.Topical rather than oral nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) should be used whenever possible for people over age 75 years, a recommendation in acco...
Views of the 2012 ACR update on treating RA 8 Apr 2012 | 07:44 pm
2012 Update of the 2008 AC Recommendations for the use of DMARDs and Biologic Agents in the treatment of RA This new guidelines is supposedly an update of the 2008 guidelines in light of newer agents...
