The month of May is recognized as National Myositis Awareness Month, a time to spread awareness about myositis among the general public and the medical field. Organized by The Myositis…
Necroptosis, a type of regulated cell death, has been implicated in diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, as well as neurodegenerative diseases. According to a recent article in News Medical…
According to a recent article, researchers investigated the cause of deaths in the hospital in patients who were diagnosed with inflammatory myositis in a tertiary care center in Northern…
Medical studies are crucial to understand the effect of diseases and treatments on patients. Over the last year and a half, the medical field has distinctly focused on COVID-19, a…
One of the complications of COVID-19 is juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), a connective tissue disease. In the Children's Medical Center in Iran, researchers documented that from Feb of 2020 to Feb…
The month of May is recognized as Myositis Awareness Month, a time to play your part in spreading awareness about myositis among the general public and in the medical community.…
According to a story from dailymail.co.uk, 59 year old Marcia Ferguson-Roa recently died only a few weeks after unusual symptoms, such as fatigue and ulcers on her head, began to…
Arimoclomol is a treatment that is in development for ALS, Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC), and inclusion body myositis (IBM). A recent Phase 2/3 trial has ended in failure, unable…
According to a story from wavy.com, Cherie Reenee Brown was a prominent political organizer and activist in the city of Portsmouth, VA. But on New Years Day 2021 she passed…
A review of COVID-19 data from the UK shows that patients with rare autoimmune rheumatic disease (RAIRD) face a higher mortality risk, according to an article in Healio. The study,…
Since the company was founded, biotechnology company Kezar Life Sciences ("Kezar") has worked to develop therapies for patients with oncologic and autoimmune disorders. Recently, they highlighted a potential treatment, KZR-616,…
According to a story from Biotech 365, the biotechology company Kezar Life Sciences, Inc. recently announced that its experimental therapy KZR-616 has earned Orphan Drug designations from the US Food…
Living with a rare disease can be difficult. Carlos, who has myositis, knows all about this. His mobility has been declining, and he is now in a wheelchair. His doctors…
Corbus Pharmaceuticals has just announced that participant enrollment for their Phase 3 trial of lenabasum for dermatomyositis has been completed. Dermatomyositis Dermatomyositis (DM) is a rare autoimmune disease. It can…
A team of researchers recently evaluated a new biomarker in interstitial lung disease to see whether or not it could predict disease severity and ultimately mortality. The Biomarker Surfactant protein…
The medical field has seen many advancements over the past few decades. In particular, treatment for rheumatic diseases has greatly improved. However, states Healio, this is not reflected in patient…
Myositis Myositis is an autoimmune disease that leads to muscle damage. Patients live with chronic disability due to the symptoms of this rare condition. These include skin rashes, pain, weakness, fatigue,…
The month of May is recognized as Myositis Awareness Month. The ultimate goal is to help spread awareness and educate both the general public and the healthcare field about myositis,…
Lisa Christopher-Stine is the Director of the Myositis Center at Johns Hopkins. She recently shared her biggest tips for patient care and some updates from the field, hoping to change…
According to a story from outsourcing-pharma.com, the company Firma Clinical Research, which provides health care services to patients in clinical trials, has been getting a lot of business lately. This…
According to a publication from the Rheumatologist, past studies have suggested that type 1 interferons may play a significant role in determining susceptibility to several classic connective tissue diseases. Although…
May is Myositis Awareness Month! Myositis is the inflammation or swelling of the muscles. There are two primary kinds of myositis: Polymyositis, which causes muscle weakness, usually in the muscles closest…
Flesh eating bacteria is an infection that can have dire consequences. A Streptococcus, the most common of the flesh eating diseases, causes death in one third of all people…
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO), or Devic's disease is a rare autoimmune condition which causes inflammation in the optic nerve and/or spinal cord. The condition affects 5 in every 1,000,000 people and…
According to a story reported by The New York Times, on Christmas Day, a physician and mom of two became too weak and fatigued to do much of anything. Her…
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