Quarter in review: Clinical Science
Shounak Ghosh MD (Medicine), MRCP (UK), DrNB (Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology) Consultant Rheumatologist, Calcutta Medical Research Institute, Kolkata, India Study in focus 1: Comparison of tapering csDMARDs v/s drug-free remission v/s stable treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (ARCTIC REWIND) The world of Rheumatology has been on an active lookout for drug withdrawal opportunities in rheumatic diseases. […]
Quarter in Review: Basic Science
Juhi Dixit MBBS, MD, DNB, DM Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India Study in focus 1: A dual-acting DNASE1/DNASE1L3 biologic prevents autoimmunity and death in genetic and induced lupus models The persistence of extracellular DNA, one of the central […]
Reflection on Older drugs
K M Mahendranath MBBS, DTM and H (Liverpool, UK), F.R.C.P (London, UK), Master ACR and Master APLAR Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Samarpan Arthritis and Rheumatology Centre, Bangalore, India Is there any role for older drugs in RA? D-Penicillamine was mostly used in the treatment of systemic sclerosis. I have not used it in the treatment of […]
Initial days and challenges at SGPGI, Lucknow
Ramnath Misra MD, FRCP, FAMS, Master ACR and APLAR Dean (Research and Development) & Professor and Head, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha How did your interest in rheumatology develop? While doing MD in medicine, I wanted to do something different than the already established super specialty programs […]
Life of a Rheumatologist in the early 20th century
Pulin Kumar Gupta MBBS, MD (Medicine) Professor and Consultant Rheumatologist, Department of Medicine, ABVIMS and Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi, India Being a rheumatologist is much more fascinating and simpler in today’s era. The work of our predecessors and various researchers over the past several decades, has provided us with a plethora of advanced diagnostic […]
CPCs: The dying art of playing Sherlock Holmes
Avinash Jain MD, DM (Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SGPGI), IRF (UoB, UK) Assistant Professor, Dept of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SMSMC&H, Jaipur, India How did CPCs come to originate? The CPCs were first introduced in the USA at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. The concept was pioneered by Walter B. Cannon, a renowned Professor […]
Behaviour Economics in Rheumatology
Shyam Shah MD (Medicine), PDF Rheumatology (CMC Vellore) Consultant Rheumatologist and Director, CU Shah medical college and hospital, Surendranagar, India What is Behavioural Economics? We are all experts when it comes to deciding the treatment strategy for our patients. However, despite an optimal strategy, outcomes may vary due to poor drug compliance or irregular follow-up […]
From the IRA Secretary’s Desk
Vinod Ravindran MD, MRCP (UK), MSc-Rheumatology (King’s College, London, UK), CCT-Rheumatology (UK), MRCP-Rheumatology (UK), FRCP (Edin)Director, Centre for Rheumatology, Calicut, Kerala Dear Colleagues, As you are aware, the IRA’s flagship academic event, the 39th Annual Conference for the IRA, IRACON is scheduled to be held from 21st to 24th November at Bengaluru. The organizing team is working […]
Activities and Events
Activities and events conducted by IRA members in the past 2 months Rheuma-Insight 2024: an Essential Gathering for Rheumatologists, Physicians, Researchers,and Allied Healthcare Professionals, a CME organized by IRA Assam Chapter and Departmentof General Medicine, AIIMS, Guwahati on 26th July, 2024. – Dhrubajyoti Sharma, Guwahat World Scleroderma awareness day at BVP Pune – Patients attended […]
‘Fast Thinking’ and ‘Slow Thinking’
Who wins in Medicine – the tortoise or the hare? Vivek Arya MD (Medicine) Former Professor, Department of Medicine, PGIMER and Dr RML hospital, New Delhi, India What do we mean by ‘Slow thinking’ and ‘Fast thinking’? The resident working in a busy A & E department was excited. He was going to do his […]
