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The Environment and Autoimmunity Part 1
Season 1 Episode 77
This episode delves into the history of the hygiene hypothesis. What do we know about different exposures changing risk for asthma and allergies, and do these exposures have the same protection for a…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
An Afternoon with the Glaucomfleckens: On hypermobility and physician burnout
Season 1 Episode 76
On this special episode of Rheuminations, I interview comedian and ophthalmologist William Flanary, MD, and Kristin Flanary, also known as the Glaucomfleckens, on hypermobility and physician burnout…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
The Black Death and Autoimmunity
Season 1 Episode 75
Was your psoriasis caused by the Black Death? Learn more than you might have wanted to know about the Black Death and delve into the data on the immunologic/autoimmune ramifications of wiping out nea…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Vascular Ehlers Danlos Syndrome for the Rheumatologist, Pt 2: Extra-Cellular Matrix Reloaded
Season 1 Episode 74
In this episode we explore ways in which the extracellular matrix can be manipulated, including the story of doxycycline, TGF-beta in Marfan syndrome and whether beta blockers can reduce vascular eve…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Part 1
Season 1 Episode 73
Dive into vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. What is it? How does it present? Get clues to its diagnosis and learn more about collagen than you ever wanted to know.
Intro 0:12 In this episode 0:17 Why…Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Making Sense of Sensory Ganglionopathies, Part 2
Season 1 Episode 72
In this episode, Dr. Benjamin Claytor walks us through his approach to suspected sensory ganglionopathies. I also cover other neurologic complications of Sjogren’s syndrome and some interesting histo…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Making Sense of Sensory Ganglionopathies and Sjogren’s Syndrome
Season 1 Episode 71
A sensational (or lack thereof) series on the signs and symptoms of the spellbinding sensory ganglionopathies.
Intro :12 Today’s episode :16 Anatomy review 1:32 Large fiber vs. small fiber nerves 4:…Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
69 Long COVID: Some facts, unanswered questions and implications for rheumatology – Part 2
Season 1 Episode 69
In part two, Leonard Calabrese, DO, discusses the symptoms of long COVID and the role that rheumatologists play in diagnosing and treating patients with long COVID.
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Intro …Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Long COVID: Some facts, unanswered questions and implications for rheumatology – Part 1
Season 1 Episode 68
In this episode, Leonard Calabrese, DO, reviews the history and controversies of post-infection sequelae, as well as the facts and epidemiology of long COVID.
Intro :12 Calabrese introduction :15 CO…Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
The Story of the Synovium
Season 1 Episode 67
How is the synovial fluid produced? Who figured it out? It’s a ripping yarn involving corpses, cats, anti-hypertensives, steroids and streptococcus.
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Intro :11 Today’s epis…Published on 3 years ago