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Society is getting older. In Hungary, people aged 65 and over now make up a quarter of the population, and their number has already overtaken that of young people under 18. The challenges of an ageing population are widely discussed in many fields, so it’s no surprise that we, as rheumatologists, decided to organise a course focusing on inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases in older patients.

What a surprise!  AI wrote a review of my paper „Polymyalgia Rheumatica, an Age-Related Rheumatic Disease”, which has reached 8000 views and 800 downloads so far. The paper...

It was an honour to receive an invitation from Dr Ilona Horváth, Medical Director of BEMER Hungary, to give a presentation entitled “An Ageing Society, Movement, and BEMER” at the grand celebration and conference marking the 25th anniversary of the Hungarian Co.

Med Palace celebrated its 20th birthday on Saturday, April 5th, with a glittering party in honour of...

Last November, I had the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in the Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)...

My book Progress in PMR in English, edited by E. L. Matteson Professor of Rheumatology at the Mayo Clinic, by the New York-based NOVA Science Publishers, was published in May 2024.

The importance of osteoporosis causing bone fractures, the risk factors, diagnostics, osteoporosis measurements: bone mineral density and fracture risk were discussed in our previous blog.

Osteoporosis (OP) is a generalized metabolic disease of the skeleton in which bone mass is lost, bone quality deteriorates, resulting in a loss of bone strength and elasticity, leading to increased fragility. In case of OP the risk of bone fracture is increased even with a minimal amount of force.

Recently, a recurrent male patient of mine, now middle-aged, presented to our office with hip pain on a daily basis that interferes with his getting in and out of the car, sitting for longer periods, and getting up from his seat.

After 2 years of Covid Pandemic I was so happy to be back personally at the American Congress of Rheumatology.