Rheumatic

More than 39 million people worldwide have rheumatic heart disease (RHD), a condition in which the heart's valves are permanently damaged by rheumatic fever, which can occur if a strep…

Registry data collected in 30 European countries indicate that reactions to COVID-19 vaccines…

A regular, affordable antibiotic treatment significantly reduced the risk of underlying rheumatic heart disease progression in children and adolescents, according to a new study. The…

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Associate Professor Andrea Beaton said that until this study, it was unknown if antibiotics were effective at preventing the progression of…

Antibiotic prophylaxis for screen-detected latent rheumatic heart disease reduced progression of disease in children, the GOAL trial…

Dr. Barbhaiya and her colleagues presented their study, "Risk Factors for 'Long Haul' COVID-19 in Rheumatology Outpatients in New York City," at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)…

The new research was presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology???? annual meeting. During the clinical trials for the…

Atlanta, Aug. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rheumatic diseases are lifelong conditions that affect over 54 million Americans, often during their childbearing years. Rheumatic diseases…

Among the factors that were associated with an increased risk for the development of rheumatic…

The COVID-19 vaccine was safe and well tolerated among patients with rheumatic diseases, analysis of data from a large European…