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📢 “Data speaks, and bringing the data into the clinic helps me.” – Dr. Christina Charles-Schoeman
Hear her discussion with Dr. Manish Jain about how SELECT-SWITCH informs clinical practice. Sponsored by AbbVie Medical Affairs + Health Impact.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
46 minutes 39 seconds ago
QD Clinic: The Highs and Lows of a Woman with Gout
Dr. Sheila Reyes, The Philippines, discusses a gout case.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 hours 17 minutes ago
$2 Million in Research Grants for Juvenile Arthritis
In July, the Arthritis Foundation and the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) awarded $2 million in research grants to support physician-led research in pediatric rheumatology. https://t.co/1GewFUMauu
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
3 hours 46 minutes ago
British Dermatology Biologics registry (BADBIR) 18976 #PSO pts had incidence serious infxns (SIE) 28 SEI/1000 Pt-Yrs; higher if they had prior infxn (79/1000 PYs). SIE signif lower w/ RIZankizumab (HR 0.74-.80) vs BROAD, ETN, other standards Rxs. SIE deaths rare (1.81/1000 PYs) https://t.co/GTr3DLCVXs
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
17 hours 47 minutes ago
JAMA Case Quiz - A 57 yoF w/ #RA has a new vesicular rash. 9mos prior ETN change to ADA. Rash (painful, pruritic) started 2 wks ago. Exam: PIP swelling, & ulcerated plaques on neck, chest, & erythroderma on hands, CRP 15.0 mg/L , ESR 111 mm/h. What would you do? order?
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
19 hours ago
Gout: Diagnosis
The diagnosis of gout - labs, imaging and polarized microscopy, created by @MithuRheum for RheumNow.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 day 21 hours ago
Interferon-α as an Immunologic Driver of Sjögren's Disease
Using data from a Sjogren's registry, researchers have shown that IFNα drives Sjögren's disease, and can be elevated a decade before diagnosis. This study assessed the role of type 1 interferon (IFNα) in its onset and https://t.co/Clj9u5COzQ
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 day 23 hours ago
Future therapies (in development) for gout - the goal is durable crystal depletion.
Created by: Dr. Aravind Palraj @rheumat_aravind for RheumNow.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 days ago
Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Dz new terminology from 2026 G-CAN consensus. Preferred:
- acute CPP crystal arthritis
- Chronic CPP crystal arthritis
- Chronic CPP crystal arthritis
- OA w/ CPP
- Chondrocalcinosis (xray)
* Pseudogout is obsolete
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 days ago
JAMA Case Quiz - A 57 yoF w/ #RA has a new vesicular rash. 9mos prior ETN change to ADA. Rash (painful, pruritic) started 2 wks ago. Exam: PIP swelling, & ulcerated plaques on neck, chest, & erythroderma on hands, CRP 15.0 mg/L , ESR 111 mm/h. What would you do? order?
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 days ago
Medscape asked medical authors (panel of experts), including Roach, Epstein, and several literary medical professionals — this question: What’s a book every clinician should read? Here's an interesting read list for some of you! (I loved "Stiff" by Mary Roach; its about https://t.co/L5NSHjPKwA
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2 days ago
Social Media (SM) for Health Information by US (sample 7278 adults) - SM use reported by 88% (representing ~ 228 million). ~22% adults made health decisions based on SM, despite almost 78% reporting distrust of SM. Lower SM use in older, rural, less educated. https://t.co/uYYzBvckFu
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2 days ago


