What does FAST mean for febuxostat warnings?
The FAST study that pitted febuxostat against allopurinol for patients with gout and CVD risk factors has released its results in a late breaking abstract at ACR. Thomas MacDonald, the senior author a...
11 Nov 202010min
Switching from rheumatology to the COVID wards
With COVID-19 cases climbing in Victoria, some rheumatologists are being called up to help with frontline care of sick patients.Today, we're interviewing Dr Mueed Mian, a rheumatologist at Austin Heal...
7 Aug 202013min
Rheuma in the time of corona
The absence of any data on the risk that SARS-Cov 2 poses to patients with rheumatic disease has been unsettling for the entire rheumatology community. It feels like we’re all fumbling around in the d...
8 Apr 202020min
A tailored approach to self-management of lupus
At the ACR annual meeting in Atlanta, Rheumatology Republic reporter Penny Durham caught up with Patricia Davidson and Karin Tse from the Lupus Foundation of America, which is trialling two self-manag...
28 Jan 20209min
Roo-matology & life in the bush
Associate Professor Mark Arnold works as a rheumatologist in Dubbo and Orange in NSW.There's a significant need for rheumatologists in the bush, but it comes with its own unique challenges.There are v...
14 Jan 202010min
Have you asked your patients this 'One Key Question'?
Rheumatologists don’t always ask their female patients this question, but, according to US rheumatologist Dr Bonnie Bermas from UT Southwestern in Dallas, it’s really quite important.The ‘One Key Ques...
4 Des 201919min
Disneyland for rheumatologists
Dr David Liew, a rheumatologist at Austin Hospital in Victoria, is at ‘Disneyland’ for rheumatologists – the annual meeting for ACR in Atlanta, Georgia.“The kind of conversations that you have here ar...
20 Nov 20199min
Sleeping in your patients' sheets
Doctors' silence on the topic of sex is troubling for patients with arthritis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13 Aug 201912min
