Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory, systemic autoimmune disease that initially affects small joints, and gradually involves larger joints with varying degree of severity. Apart from joint damage and bony erosion, pain is a common a...
Tendinopathies are generally referred to as conditions including chronic pain and rupture in tendons. Since inflammatory cells are usually absent in the lesion, tendinopathy has long been recognised as a degenerative condition. Accordingly, anti-inf...
Giant cell arteritis (GCA), also known as temporal arteritis is a chronic inflammatory vasculitis that predominately affects large- and medium-sized arteries in individuals above the age of 50. More notably, GCA affects the cranial branches of the c...
Many processes of tissue injury and repair in adult organs proceed through a transient dedifferentiation to a more developmentally primitive state. Recent studies have suggested vitamin B12 administration during an injury may promote cell plasticity...
Cibinqo (abrocitinib) Pfizer Composition: Each film-coated tablet contains 50mg or 100 mg or 200 mg of abrocitinib. Indications: Cibinqo is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor indicated for the treatment of adults with refractory, moderate-to-severe ...
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has a higher prevalence in developed western countries than in East Asia, with about 120 to 200 cases per 100,000 for ulcerative colitis (UC) and 50 to 200 cases per 100,000 for Crohn¡¦s Disease (CD) in ...
Despite the medical advancement in treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the long-term therapeutic efficacy of these treatments remains questionable due to the severity of adverse effects. Laying on the intestinal epithelial cells is a Glycocal...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that can create joint damage and bone destruction, causing severe pain and disability. The disease also manifests as extra-articular disease, that can affect most organs of the body, with a...
Autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, systemic sclerosis, lupus erythematosus, and type 1 diabetes, were found to be linked with increased CV risks, with risk dependent on the types of autoimmune disorders. In a population-b...
People at Increased Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with RA often experience a reduced quality of life in several domains, such as physical health, level of independence, environment, and personal beliefs, compared with the healthy population ...
A Brief Glance at JIA JIA is defined as a childhood chronic inflammatory arthritis with onset prior to age 16 years and a minimum duration of 6 weeks, following the exclusion of other causes. Currently, the International League of Associations for R...
Consensus Recommendations on COVID-19 Vaccination in Adult Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases by the HKSR Clinical opinions generally advocate that COVID-19 vaccination is a critical measure to contain the current pandemic. Notably, patient...
