The Limbic

EULAR’s president-elect on why obesity is a new focus of attention in RA

Weight loss must be a routine part of the management strategy for obese and overweight patients with rheumatoid arthritis, says president elect of EULAR, Professor Iain McInnes. In a EULAR session entitled “Why does BMI matter” Professor McInnes, of the University...

Weight loss must be a routine part of the management strategy for obese and overweight patients with rheumatoid arthritis, says...

Osteoarthritis

Zoledronic acid fails to match early promise for knee osteoarthritis

Promising initial results for the bisphosphonate zoledronic acid in knee osteoarthritis have not been replicated when tested in a randomised controlled trial, according to Australian results presented at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Congress in Amsterdam. Zoledronic acid did not...

Promising initial results for the bisphosphonate zoledronic acid in knee osteoarthritis have not been replicated when tested in a randomised...

Autoinflammatory diseases

Prepare to manage inflammatory adverse events with checkpoint inhibitors, rheumatologists told

Rheumatologists need to learn how to manage the significant inflammatory side effects experienced by many patients whose cancer is being treated with checkpoint inhibitors, according to presenters at EULAR 2018 in Amsterdam. Immune-related adverse events (irAEs) are becoming a major issue...

Rheumatologists need to learn how to manage the significant inflammatory side effects experienced by many patients whose cancer is being...