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Diagnosing, Treating IgG4-Related Disease

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In diagnosing and treating a disease that is rapidly gaining recognition worldwide since it was first recognized in Japan in 2003, 42 experts from 10 different countries recently collaborated to discuss and review the current experience and data on IgG4-related disease. The result is the “International Consensus Guidance Statement on the Management and Treatment of…

Can Systemic Inflammation Influence Mood?

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The Friday night press release: When a politician or any public figure needs to disclose unfavorable news, chances are they will release it sometime on a late Friday afternoon or evening, hoping that nobody is paying attention. In fact, this behavior was coined “the take out the trash day” on the television political drama, The…

International Consensus Statement on the Management & Treatment of IgG4-Related Disease

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IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated fibro-inflammatory condition that affects multiple organs and can lead to tumefactive, tissue-destructive lesions and organ failure. An international panel of experts has released a consensus statement on its management…

HIV Infection: What Rheumatologists Need to Know

HIV Infection: What Rheumatologists Need to Know

Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, & Elizabeth Kirchner, MSN, CNP  |  

It has been nearly 35 years since the original descriptions of what now is recognized as AIDS (the acquired immune deficiency syndrome), an advanced form of infection secondary to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The epidemic of HIV infection remains the singular most dramatic epidemic of our generation and will likely remain with us for…

Glucocorticoid Use for Rheumatoid Arthritis Still Sparks Debate

Anand N. Malaviya, MD, FRCP, Master-ACR  |  

Glucocorticoids: The Debate Continues Déjà vu … In past decades, rheumatologists have seen, heard, practiced and taught much of what has been argued in the “ongoing debate” on the use of glucocorticoids (GCs) in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).1 It is heartening to note that eminent professors have stuck to their premise all these…