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QD Clinic: Gout: Is it the Journey or the Destination?
Dr. Arthur Kavanaugh discusses a gout patient whose frequent flares improved after lifestyle changes, despite medication not being enough on its own.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
10 hours 14 minutes ago
Predicting and Managing Gout Flares in Hospitalized Patients
Dr. Kanon Jatuworapruk, Bangkok, discusses predicting and managing gout flares in hospitalized patients as part of RheumNow's "Gout: More than Flares" campaign in July 2026.
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11 hours 44 minutes ago
51 yoM w/ 2 yrs of FUO, unintentional 32-kg wt loss, LN, diffuse myalgias, but no GI Sxs or arthralgia. Neg MRIs, CT, PET scan, EGD, colonoscopy. Abnl labs: CRP 173 mg/L, ESR 46, anemia & ^ WBC. Cell-free DNA next-generation sequencing dx Tropheryma whipplei, & Whipple disease https://t.co/nJLa4l7Ers
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13 hours 5 minutes ago
Genetic study of 16 pts w/ Allopurinol-induced severe cutaneous adverse Rxn (SJS/TEN) shows 2 class I alleles to be associated: HLA-B*58:01 (OR, 28.0 [95% CI, 8.6-100.6]) and HLA-A*34:02 (OR, 20.6 [95% CI, 3.3-131.1]). Both explain 80% risk in US pts https://t.co/OxDXuWCbup https://t.co/oky61JImQV
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14 hours 10 minutes ago
Psoriatic Arthritis: EULAR 2026 Recap
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
17 hours 14 minutes ago
Seronegative RA Disease Activity (7.17.2026)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news, journal articles and Gout features from this past week on RheumNow and check your knowledge in this week's RheumIQ quiz!
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
18 hours 44 minutes ago
2 Still's dz cohorts (96 Shanghai, 28 Erlangen0 compared response to biolgics vs DMARDs (MTX, CNI,JAKi). in 124 AOSD pts, biologic had more sustained event-free remission and event-free state (P 0.0065, P 0.0096) & more steroid D/C vs MTX/CNI (p < 0.05). https://t.co/lJaI9nhPYr
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1 day ago
ACR: Medicare Cuts for Physicians Highlight Need for Reform
The ACR was disappointed that the proposed MPFS from the CMS once again included a serious cut to the conversion factor. The -1.68% cut would lower reimbursement to physicians providing care to Medicare beneficiaries https://t.co/PmAmFPnw6R
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1 day ago
The Marriage between Gout and the Kidney
While the link between uric acid and gout was first described by Alfred Baring Garrod in the 1800s, the proof that uric acid might actually be the cause had to await the self-experimentation of two rheumatologists from the University of https://t.co/AWZbjaUtdu
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1 day ago
From 2015-2024, 148 inflam arthritis pts (43 SpA, 35 PsA, 50 RA) w/ a prior cancer were followed 58.1 mos. 24 (19%) had CA recurrence/progression. Post-CA exposure to b/ts-DMARDs did not incr. recurrence risk after adjusting for age & comorbidity burden. https://t.co/MHKIqwyjNN https://t.co/uhOdq1cCPW
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1 day ago
RHEUM SURVEY Q: Which gout drug has the greatest toxicity risk? Answer here>> https://t.co/EQrEjD9237
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1 day ago
SGLT2i use in gout reduces use of gout meds. Study of 26,739 gout pts w/ NIDDM (mean 66 yrs), 67% w/ polypharmacy. SGLT2i (vs DPP-4i) user had less Allopurinol starts (HR 0.62;0.52–0.73), also lower use of steroids (,78), NSAID (.85), colchicine (.87) & diuretics (.87) https://t.co/1dW27YzSvg
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