News from REMEDY

Cand. Med. Ingrid Egeland Christensen has recently completed her doctorate at the Diakonhjemmet Hospital and the research center REMEDY. The dissertation, Serious infections in patients with inflammatory joint diseases, sheds light on the increased risk of serious infections in patients treated with biological drugs.

In the second quarter of this year, we received 37 media reports. Here is a little more detail about some of them. The overview of those found is in the table you will find at the bottom of this case. You will also find links to the cases it was possible to link to. 

Don't miss this year's hashtag # MUSS, the National Musculoskeletal Health Research Conference!

Today, all patients with rheumatoid arthritis (arthritis) receive the same dose of biological drugs. The researchers are now investigating whether an individually adapted dose means that more people will get a better effect from the medicines.

A recent study by researchers at Diakonhjemmet Hospital shows that almost half of the physiotherapists in the primary healthcare service who answered the survey use digital health technology (DHT) in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.

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Rheumatic diseases increase the risk of additional diseases, especially cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, rehabilitation is individually adapted. Physiotherapists at Diakonhjemmet hospital use advanced tools, such as the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET) to develop optimal rehabilitation plans.

The Norwegian professional environment in rheumatology is at the forefront of research and treatment in the world. In the new textbook, Rheumatology, 77 experts from 17 different disciplines share their insights. The book is a comprehensive resource on inflammatory rheumatic diseases, developed for medical students, but also valuable for other healthcare professionals.

The study that shows this is part of the REMEDY project, ReMonit. It is a research study with patients with the chronic disease axial spondyloarthritis. The disease leads to inflammation that causes pain and stiffness in the back.