• Ukraine: Always looking east

    We ask Ukrainian nurse Romanna Markiv about her life and the future she envisions, as well as the patient care she tirelessly provides in the city of Lviv.

  • Nightmares in urology, open surgery, and robotics

    Dr Tim O'Brien discusses tough medical experiences, while Dr Carlo Bravi argues why young urologists should learn open surgery, despite robotic surgery.

  • Unexpected comorbidity in patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis

    A study revealed that osteoarthritis is associated with a wide variety of diseases previously thought to be unrelated, such as anaemia and thromboembolic disease.

  • Prof. Vassillios Fanos on Metabolomics and Microbiomics

    Prof. Fanos, addresses how COVID-19, AI, Big Data and the future of medicine may impact our relation with the microbiome.

  • Fitness trackers show low physical activity in musculoskeletal disease patients

    Musculoskeletal disease patients manage moderate-to-vigorous physical training, but fail the recommended daily steps.

  • France: Junior mountaineers seek physicians

    “À Chacun Son Everest!” organises trips that are of great inspiration for the children and women in remission joining; and for the physicians travelling with them.

  • Bladder cancer: Robotic surgery shortens post-op hospital stays

    Post-surgery hospital stay was much shorter for bladder cancer patients after full robotic radical cystectomy over those treated with open surgery.

  • Sexual dysfunction prevalent in RA and PsA patients

    According to a Spanish study, patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis have a markedly deteriorated sexual life compared with a healthy population.

  • IL-6 inhibition successful in polymyalgia rheumatica

    Sarilumab demonstrated positive results in a phase 3 trial for PMR patients. More participants reached sustained remission and reduced flare risk.

  • Treatment with bimekizumab beneficial in psoriatic arthritis

    The IL-17A/IL-17F blocker bimekizumab showed marked superiority in the primary and all ranked secondary endpoints of the phase 3 BE OPTIMAL trial as a PsA therapy.

  • Global safety report: more VTE events on JAK inhibition in rheumatoid arthritis

    A register study explored worldwide data on MACEs and venous thromboembolism associated with JAK inhibitors compared to anti-TNF agents in RA.

  • My DNA: Where Did My Ancestors Come From? (Part 2)

    Prof. Dr. Reinhard Renneberg uses his own DNA as an example to show which migratory routes his earliest ancestors took.

  • Antifibrotic therapy effective in patients with negative lung function prognostics

    A post-hoc trial analysis revealed nintedanib treatment benefit in patients with 4 characteristics associated with a fast decline in lung function.

  • Steep increase of mortality in RA patients with comorbid depression

    A large register study in Denmark detected a substantially higher mortality risk for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had comorbid depression.

  • TYK2 inhibition: A rising star in lupus therapy?

    Deucravacitinib showed convincing results as a treatment for patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the phase 2 PAISLEY trial.

  • RA: Several risk factors identified for incident dementia

    Cohort study data detected factors linked to a risk amplification for dementia development in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

  • Baricitinib shows great potential in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

    During the double-blind period of a withdrawal trial, baricitinib demonstrated predominance over placebo in the prevention of disease flares.

  • JAK inhibitor shows to be effective in non-radiographic axSpA

    Once-daily therapy with upadacitinib led to an ASAS40 response in 45% of patients with active nr-axSpA at week 14 in the SELECT-AXIS-2 trial.

  • Prof. Lorenzo Brunetti: Artificial intelligence and ethical dilemmas in hematology

    esanum talks with Prof. Brunetti about AI in medicine, its ethical implications and physicians' approach to this tech revolution.

  • DA-EPOCH-R: less toxic than CODOX-M/R-IVAX in high-risk Burkitt lymphoma

    Trial results show equal DA-EPOCH-R efficacy to CODOX-M/R-IVAX as first-line treatment in patients, but less toxicity.

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