Dr. Vivian Kawai trained as a medical doctor and graduated from Cayetano Heredia University in Peru. In addition to her qualifications as a physician, she holds a Masters degree in Public Health from the École de Santé Publique, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Bruxelles-Belgium. After...
Data from initial research indicates that blood type may influence one’s susceptibility to COVID-19. Scientists at 23andMe, a biotech giant, studied 750,000 people, including 10 000 patients that had been diagnosed with COVID-19 and hospitalized. This was done in order to establish whether genetic data could...
Dr Skaug provides Rheumatology care and consultation at the UT Professional Building and Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center and at Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital within the Harris Health system. After school Dr Skaug was set on becoming a physician. Upon undertaking his...
Dr Skaug provides Rheumatology care and consultation at the UT Professional Building and Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center and at Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital within the Harris Health system. After school Dr Skaug was set on becoming a physician. Upon undertaking his...
Pain serves a purpose; it exists to alert us to potential or existing damage to the body. It can arise from injury or disease. After the brain has received and processed the pain message and coordinated a suitable response, pain has served its function. Endorphins,...
A factor that can contribute greatly to your emotional and overall health when dealing with a diagnosis of an autoimmune condition is the support of those close to you. The first step is having a conversation with them about your diagnosis. The more understanding they...
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly across the globe infecting more than 5.4M people worldwide and killing more than 349,000 people so far. Across the globe, researchers are tirelessly working to develop a coronavirus vaccine. A team in the Netherlands, at Utrecht University, Erasmus Medical...
Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is a condition in which there is long term inflammation of the joints of the spine, often with involvement of the joints where the spine joins the pelvis. Although not as common, other joints such as the shoulder and hips can be...
The immune system has a host of different defense mechanisms that respond when the body is under attack. One such mechanism is the production of antibodies. Antibodies are proteins, also known as immunoglobulins. Antibodies are produced by white blood cells known as plasma B cells...
As a PhD candidate at Leiden University in the Netherlands, Jolien Suurmond focused on the function of innate immune cells, such as mast cells and basophils, in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), paying particular attention to how the responses of these cells in RA differ from their...