ARD Podcast

Jun 20 2024 25 ep. 13 mins 3.3k
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Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (ARD) is an international peer-reviewed journal committed to promoting the highest standards of scientific exchange and education. It covers all aspects of rheumatology, which includes the spectrum of musculoskeletal conditions, arthritic disease, and connective tissue disorders. ARD publishes basic, clinical, and translational scientific research. Concise scientific communication is encouraged and peer-reviewed proceedings of international meetings are featured. ARD is the official journal of EULAR. * The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

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Use of imaging in large vessel vasculitis: EULAR 2023 update

Jun 20 2024 31 mins  
Join our host Dr. Fabian Proft, ARD's Social Media Advisor, as he discusses the updated 2023 EULAR recommendations for imaging in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) with Professor Christian Dejaco and Dr. Milena Bond, the lead authors of the manuscript. This episode covers the latest evidence on ultrasound, MRI, CT, and FDG-PET for diagnosing and monitoring LVV. Key highlights include:

Managing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: the latest EULAR recommendations

Apr 22 2024 21 mins  
This podcast brings you the 2023 update on the EULAR recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). ARD's Social Media Advisor, Professor Laura Andreoli, speaks to Professors Antonios Fanouriakis and Dimitrios Boumpas, both from the "Attikon" University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, two of the authors of the recommendat

A non-pharma approach in systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis

Oct 30 2023 18 mins  
In this podcast, we discuss the evidence-based EULAR recommendations for the non-pharmacological management of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and systemic sclerosis (SSc).ARD's Social Media Advisor, Professor Laura Andreoli, speaks to Professor Carina Boström and Professor Ioannis Parodis, both from the Karolinska Institutet and the Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, S

Innate Lymphoid Cells link TGFb and fibrotic pathways in systemic sclerosis skin

Feb 07 2022 21 mins  
In this podcast, Dr. Truchetet discusses her work on the role of innate lymphoid cells in the fibrotic processes in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. The group of Dr. Truchetet found that ILC2 are crucial mediators of skin fibrosis in SSc and that combined treatment of patients with TGFb inhibitors and IL-10 might be an attractive new therapeutic approach in SSc. Read the full pa

Immunogenicity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in patients with rheumatic diseases

Jul 29 2021 20 mins  
In this podcast, we invite two authors from recent ARD papers dedicated to the efficacy of mRNA vaccines in patients with immunosuppressive therapies. Christophe Richez, Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Center, Bordeaux, France, and ARD's Social Media Advisor, interviews Bimba Hoyer, Department for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Schle

The EULAR COVID-19 database and its insights into risk factors

Mar 18 2021 25 mins  
The EULAR COVID-19 database and the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance work together on shared collected data to address the most pertinent questions in regard to risks for people with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 infection. The latest study confirms already known risk factors for more severe disease and explores associations between treatments and the risk of death. In this

Predictors of disease worsening in systemic sclerosis

Sep 15 2020 11 mins  
Capturing disease progression in SSc is challenging. Becker and colleagues addressed this problem by identifying predictors of disease worsening in the EUSTAR cohort. ARD's social media advisor Dr. Caroline Ospelt talks to Dr. Mike Becker about the results of this analysis. Read the paper: ard.bmj.com/content/78/9/1242

Treating Cytokine Storm Syndrome in COVID-19 patients with glucocorticoids and tocilizumab

Aug 06 2020 23 mins  
In this podcast, Dr. Paul Studenic speaks to Dr. Sofia Ramiro and Prof. Robert Landewé both engaged in clinical work in the Zuyderland Medical Center in the south of the Netherlands about their clinical study evaluating systemic glucocorticoids and Il-6 blockade as second-line treatment for COVID-19-associated cytokine storm syndrome. They tell the story of the set-up of a peculia

The dose dependent effect of statins on osteoporosis

Apr 22 2020 12 mins  
Statins are some of the most commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs. They act by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase, the main enzyme in the synthesis of cholesterol. Earlier studies have shown that statins have an osteoprotective effect: a recently published paper has shown that there is a dose-dependent relationship between different kinds of statins with diagnosis of osteoporos

A prediction score for individuals at risk to develop rheumatoid arthritis

Mar 25 2020 12 mins  
In this podcast recorded at the ACR meeting 2019, Dr. Caroline Ospelt speaks to Prof. Anca Catrina and Dr. Aase Hensvold both of the Division of Rheumatology at the Department of Medicine located at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm Sweden. Hensvold et al. developed a prediction score by combining several clinical and blood-based markers that could be useful in predicting which