"Don't You Know Who I am?" (5.17.2024)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past 2 weeks. This week's question: can we prevent gout, ILD or psoriasis?
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Legal (Not So) Merry-Go-Round of Alendronate Atypical Fractures
Dr. Gregory Curfman, MD (Executive editor of JAMA) writes on the chronological legal progress of a lawsuit stemming from rare instances of atypical femoral fractures associated with bisphosphonate (alendronate) use. While alendronate was FDA approved in 1995 for the prevention and
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NEJM: evolution of pyoderma gangrenosum skin lesions https://t.co/wE9pAZZs9L https://t.co/jTijcCvpfI
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"On being a physician" - a White Coat Ceremony address by Dr. John F. Fischer from the Medical College of Georgia 2024 https://t.co/tBlT6DEddU via @YouTube
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Rheum Leaders on Capitol Hill Advocating for Medicare Payment Reform
On May 7th, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) hosted its annual Capitol Hill fly-in with rheumatology leaders nationwide to champion the need for crucial reforms to the MPFS.
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Grear review of Philip S Hench and the discovery of cortisone - by Drs Matteson and Hunder in Ann Rheum Dis https://t.co/EoYtDYsk4K https://t.co/KAemytpSmJ
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Cohort study 243 671total joint arthroplasty pts finds found no association of preoperative or postoperative colonoscopy with Periop Jt Infx risk w/ 1-yr F/U. PJI risk was incr by comorbidity (diabetes, kidney disease, and pulmonary disease). https://t.co/0J8F9YN2l2 https://t.co/USoplPPHh3
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JAMA Case: Scurvy in a 3 yr old w/ Gingival Hemorrhage and Musculoskeletal Pain. limp and increased bilateral limb weakness with inability to bear weight. Diet: mostly chicken nuggets and milk https://t.co/e3kpEXNl3K https://t.co/D4u56I0PSq
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Rheum Leaders on Capitol Hill Advocating for Medicare Payment Reform
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On May 7th, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) hosted its annual Capitol Hill fly-in with rheumatology leaders nationwide to champion the need for crucial reforms to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). The goal is to enhance the payment system’s predictability and stability,
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Does Good Sleep Prevent Osteoporosis
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As part of the University of Colorado Department of Medicine’s annual Research Day, held on April 23, faculty member Christine Swanson, MD, MCR, described her National Institutes of Health-funded clinical research on whether adequate sleep can help prevent osteoporosis.
“Osteoporosis
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Featured BSR Abstracts
Dr. Jack Cush muses on the news, journal reports, FDA announcements and the 2024 BSR abstracts just released.
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SLE Faculty Panel Q&A
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NEJM: evolution of pyoderma gangrenosum skin lesions https://t.co/vsgQhsjY5q https://t.co/INrbTIc9kX
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Biomarker Predictors of Osteoarthritis
Science Advances has reported that Duke University researchers have validated a biomarkers of osteoarthritis that may be identified 2 years before the appearance of radiographic OA. S
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“50% of pts with lupus nephritis are asymptomatic . You have to have a degree of kidney damage before you have proteinuria. Proteinuria does not correlate with intrarenal activity.” – Dr. A Fava #RNL2024 @rheumnow https://t.co/w6UktVozsj
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BSR presented (at the 2024 annual BSR meeting) new guidelines for the management of Behçet's disease - how to manage skin lesions, mouth ulcers, genital ulcers, serious eye, CNS & vascular involvement https://t.co/SFM4NJ48fH
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Full read review of IL-18 binding protein, natural antagonist of IL-18 . https://t.co/cGVQeyrXd9 https://t.co/XRhk9Ut0TN
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Featured BSR Abstracts (5.2.2024)
Dr. Jack Cush muses on the news, journal reports, FDA announcements and the 2024 BSR abstracts just released.
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Tuesday Night Rheumatology: Mastering SLE https://t.co/lhExjSsKNA
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ICYMI: What are the Early Stages of Lupus?
Incomplete lupus? Undifferentiated connective tissue disease? Pre-clinical autoimmune disease? During the lupus pod at RheumNow Live 2024, Dr. David Karp discussed the spectrum of autoimmune disease and the confusing terminology that is used with the complex world of early autoimmune disease. He
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JAMA review of ILD; that affects 650,000 in USA, leading to 25,000-30,000 deaths/YR. Types reviewed. Key Symptoms: dyspnea and cough, w/ chest CT being diagnostic tool. Antifibrotic & immunomodulatory may slow disease progression. https://t.co/tE7kHgUE02 https://t.co/V7Htoct3VP
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Rheum Chapter Notes (4.26.2024)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews this past week’s news and journal articles from RheumNow.com.
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Our final TNR for the month of April will take place on 4/30 at 6:30pm ET.
Mastering SLE
Rethinking Pre-Clinical Disease in Lupus - David Karp, MD
Biology and Rx of Lupus Flares - Michelle Kahlenberg, MD
Current/Future Biomarkers in SLE - Andrea Fava, MD
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Prospective look at 25 280 older adults (mean 74yrs) w/ incident fracture, shows impact of multimorbidity by Charlson Comorbid Index (CCI). If CCI =2-3, Incr risk of subseq Fx (16-25%) & death (HR ~2); If CCI=4+, Fx Risk ^33-48%, death HR~4. https://t.co/6wnhFNiSXH https://t.co/Xy2y0ANDRd
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New Oregon law rebrands Physician Assistants to a new title of “physician associates" (goes into effect 6/6/2024). The title change only applies to PAs and not NPs. The AMA has come out against such change in title, thinking it may confuse patients. https://t.co/oWxNwpIW7U https://t.co/GJC8u0XrRj
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