Introduction: In the northwest of Portugal, AA amyloidosis was reported as the most frequent amyloid nephropathy, but it is unclear if the disease’s incidence and outcomes have changed. The authors ...

Amyloidosis occurs due to a buildup of amyloid proteins in the body. Along with treatment, complementary therapy can help with symptoms. Some examples include movements, such as yoga, sleep ...

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic rheumatic inflammatory disease. Before the advent of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, treatment was often ineffective, and severe ankylosing ...

In the following sections, diagnostic and treatment strategies for specific cardiomyopathies such as cardiac amyloidosis, cardiotoxins, peripartum cardiomyopathy, cardiac sarcoidosis, myocarditis, ...

Correspondence to Dr Pedro M Machado, Centre for Rheumatology and MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London WC1B 5EH, UK; p.machado{at}ucl.ac.uk Contributors PMM drafted ...

A COMPREHENSIVE study has shed light on the infection risks faced by patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) undergoing biologic therapies. Leveraging data from the Korean College of Rheumatology ...

They also say that their graphene grid method could be used to determine the structures of other small and unstable proteins -- including the amyloid-beta peptide that builds up in the brain in ...

Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Berlin, Germany (M.L.M., U.L., B.H., D.M., A.B., I.M., S.S ...

The results of a new brain imaging study led by researchers at Stony Brook Medicine indicates a link between WTC exposure duration and the presence of amyloid in the brain. Amyloid is a protein in ...

For decades, Alzheimer’s research has been shaped by the dominance of a single theory, the amyloid hypothesis. It holds that amyloid proteins prompt a cascade of biochemical changes in the brain ...

The primary symptoms of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), a chronic inflammatory disease, include back pain, fatigue, joint pain, heel pain, sleep problems, and abdominal pain. Symptoms vary from ...