Painful monthly penicillin injections could be a thing of the past with Griffith University researchers, in collaboration ...

Culturally safe health care is key to tackling rheumatic heart disease in Australia, with researchers saying Aboriginal and ...

Rheumatic heart disease is a chronic condition that results years after acute rheumatic fever, which is caused by group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes. This organism produces a ...

The diagnosis, treatment and management of systemic sclerosis (SSc) remains challenging, owing to the complexity of this disease. In this Perspective, an international group of experts discuss the ...

Nells Nelson founder Sisi Li didn't know that a childhood bout with rheumatic fever had damaged her heart — and she continued ...

Nearly 40% of pregnancy-capable patients with rheumatic disease are unaware of the potential impacts of their medications on ...

Indigenous children and young adults are dying from rheumatic heart disease due to "culturally unsafe" and inaccessible ...

Children with rheumatic diseases may face increased risks for COVID-19-related hospitalization, particularly those using glucocorticoids, rituximab, or mycophenolate.

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Background: There are insufficient data regarding how to deal with moderate aortic valve (AV) dysfunction during rheumatic mitral valve (MV) surgery. In this study, the clinical outcomes of patients ...

The research of the Helsinki Rheumatic diseases and Inflammation Group focuses on studying the mechanisms of inflammation in rheumatic diseases and osteoarthritis, with special emphasis on role of ...

Lupus can do irreversible harm to a person's organs, damaging the lungs, kidneys, heart, liver and other vital organs through ...