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Cross-sectional study of 339 IBD pts (64% women, median 42yrs (32–53) found osteopenia by BMD in 34%, OP in 12%. Predictors not identified by multivariable analysis. Rheum eval led to OP Rx in 7% & vitamin D in 45% https://t.co/CNs7hb9KX8 https://t.co/aoesaW1pKw
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5 hours 49 minutes ago
US Biobank (n=480K) study of mobile phone use. W/ 13.6 yrs F/U, 6082 new RA. Cell phone use incr incident RA 14% (HR: 1.14; 1.07–1.23); w/ 8% risk (HR: 1.08) if used >30 min/wk. Speakerphone use was NS. https://t.co/U7TcyoY5SS https://t.co/kqqnFXwaEi
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12 hours 28 minutes ago
Population cohort study of pregnancies from UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink, 5.2 million pregnancies, ~2.5 mill births. Incr risk for miscarriage in Sjögrens (aRR 1.66), C-sect in IBD (1.27), SGA in SLE (2.45), preterm birth in RA (1.53), stillbirth in SLE (1.82) & more https://t.co/IjtRTE2t78
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12 hours 48 minutes ago
RHEUM SURVEY> Per 2024 EULAR Guidelines, an active RA pt on MTX who fails a 1st TNFi, should next change to ?
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13 hours 11 minutes ago
VACIMRA RCT in 249 RA pts on MTX were PCV13 vaccinated & continued or held MTX x 4wks. Best humoral responses w/ holding MTX x4wks with no clinical detriment over next 12 mos (remission, LDA, Xray outcomes) https://t.co/b6ByOYY0Fi https://t.co/XeJURKLpL8
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14 hours 19 minutes ago
30 yr Retrospective study of 1216 SLE hospitalizations in Barcelona - SLE flares & infections were most frequent. Hosp for infections signif. increased & in last 5yrs, exceeded Dz flares (34% vs. 26%). Younger pts had more flare hosp; older more infx hosp. Over time infx have https://t.co/TkUiXaoL1R
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15 hours 48 minutes ago
RHEUM SURVEY> Per 2024 EULAR Guidelines, an active RA pt on MTX who fails a 1st TNFi, should next change to ?
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 day ago
Quiz Talk (5.22.2026)
Dr. Jack Cush talks of birthdays, quizzes, and journal articles this week on the podcast.
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1 day ago
BE BOLD Week 16 data - Bimekizumab vs. Risankizumab in PsA
UCB has released the Week 16 results from BE BOLD trial that will be presented at EULAR 2026 in London on Saturday, June 6. This head-to-head trial demonstrates that at week 16, bimekizumab (BKZ) yielded superior ACR50 https://t.co/VVBaNdWIuQ
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1 day 10 hours ago
The safe/right choice is H. Zoster. You never fully eradicate invasive fungal or NTM infections. HBV is too risky to again use TNFi again. After H.zoster is Rx,there is evidence its safe to restart TNFi without risk of recurrence. Vagal N. Stim is the mechanistically same as
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1 day ago
Retrospective Intl SSc study of MD & PT telangiectasia counts (TC) (0, 1–6, 7–15 or > 15) of face, forearms & hands. High TC correlated w/ PAH (AUC 0.824–0.875) & digital ulcers. Moderate agreement betw MD & Pt for face & forearms TC (kappa 0.648 & 0.605, p< 0.001) https://t.co/jtHgVABFiA
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1 day ago
Case-control study of 349 autoimmune (ARD) pts (SLE, RA, SSc) & serum assays for anti-neutrophil extracellular trap (aNET)Abs. aNET in 37% SLE assoc w/ APS (OR 3.4) & arterial thrombosis (OR 5.5). aNET in 40% RA assoc w/ ACPA+ (p=0.049) https://t.co/QwvmLAVmg7 https://t.co/VJ7JV5fcZE
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