Causa Morbis Ignota: A History Of Lupus
This is a guest post written by Dr. Christine Konya, a fellow in Rheumatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She studies T cells in lupus.
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A Doctor’s Prescription For Social Media – Part 1
As an experiment, I immersed myself in social media for the past three months. I started this blog, joined Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, bought a domain name, and posted on Facebook for the first time in years.
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Horror Autotoxicus: A Story About Self, Non-self, And Lupus
This is a guest post written by Dr. Christine Konya, a fellow in Rheumatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She studies T cells in lupus.
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A Doctor’s Prescription For Social Media – Part 2
As an experiment, I immersed myself in social media for the past three months. Within this short period of time, I reaped tangible benefits. In addition, social media has changed the way that I think about and practice medicine.
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Mystery Case: Jaw Swelling And Pain
Can you solve the mystery of a girl with unexplained episodes of jaw swelling and pain? In this series, I will present the case of a patient I recently saw in clinic.
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Jaw Swelling And Pain: A Biography Of Crmo
On Tuesday, I challenged readers to figure out the cause of a girl’s jaw swelling and pain. Over 130 people read the story, and seven people submitted their responses on this website.
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Video: Doctors Who Skip Social Media Risk Alienating Their Patients: Myth Or Reality?
I was honored to be invited to appear on an episode of Stanford’s Medicine X Live titled “Doctors who skip social media risk alienating their patients: myth or reality?”
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Kawasaki Disease And The End Of Rheumatology As We Know It
This agent, possibly a fungal toxin, would be responsible for triggering an exuberant immune response in children, causing the typical manifestation of the disease
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Predicting Colchicine Response In Patients With Undefined Autoinflammatory Diseases
Autoinflammatory diseases (AIDs) are a rare group of illnesses characterized by unprovoked episodes of fever and systemic inflammation.
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Mastering The Inpatient Consult Service
Every few months I have the pleasure of teaming up with one of my fellows (and often a resident, and sometimes a medical student), to evaluate hospitalized patients with known or suspected rheumatic diseases
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