Monogenic Inflammatory Disorders Go Unrecognized Lancet Rheumatology published a large cohort analysis using a genome-first approach with whole-exome sequencing, finding a prevalence of 1 in 4026 (159/640092) for monogenic disorders, half with inflammatory features. Only one https://t.co/4v1PP41rii

Joint Disease in SLE Reconsidered A new Frontiers in Immunology review from Ong, Wincup and colleagues, shows that lupus arthropathy is not a single uniform entity and it is biologically under-studied and clinically mismeasured, Moreover, the biology of lupus arthritis may https://t.co/M5m6TMZr3x

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Using Global Burden of Disease study data, an economic evaluation of 204 countries & territories, osteoarthritis & Alzheimers/dementias had highest health burden, but largest economic losses observed for combinations involving osteoarthritis, particularly osteoarthritis and https://t.co/0JgRgJAWy7

150 #Gout pts (56 yrs old; 33wks F/U; 21% drank EtOH, 29% obese, 5% MASLD) on allopurinol followed w/ labs. 30y (20%) had incr AST/ALT (87% mild, none severe). Allopurinol was cont 18/10 without change in AST/ALT. Allopurinol was not the primary cause of LFT elevation https://t.co/nBCACpvr5W

The FDA is reviewing Sun Pharma’s tildrakizumab (Ilumya), an IL-23 inhibitor, for use in active psoriatic arthritis, with an October 29, 2026 action (PDUFA) date. Decisons to be based on PsA INSPIRE-1 and INSPIRE-2 Phase 3 Studies https://t.co/iDWhub0k91 https://t.co/j8wQLxNCdA

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Tis the Season for Vaccination Vaccination is essential for all rheumatologic patients, but particularly for patients on glucocorticoids and immunosuppression who face increased risk from infectious diseases. https://t.co/hHx1okkwHD https://t.co/nzRa9pzQ1X

Novel Imaging of Skin Disease in Scleroderma An emerging technique called spatial frequency domain imaging (SFDI) proved its mettle for evaluating skin fibrosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc), also called scleroderma, in an early clinical study. https://t.co/vHmxD1cHRR https://t.co/BWW6Te9FFI

Impact of Myositis in Scleroderma Patients Systemic sclerosis (SSc) may have overlap features such as myositis. When present, myositis in SSc is associated with an increased risk of cardiac involvement and a shift in mortality away from ILD towards a greater cardiac risk. https://t.co/dsGOXvdEuK

Prospective RCT of 39 refractory carpal tunnel pts (63 wrists) were injx w/ 1) US hydrodissection w/ normal saline (NS); 20 steroid injx; 3) US saline + steroid. Wk 24: Improved 86% & 90% grps 1 & 3; Saline superior to steroid; & adding steroid to NS yielded no benefit https://t.co/vCAB7Hojlo

I saw an AARP article on the "best mattresses for Fibromyalgia"!! A mattress (unless you have a really bad, saggy one) will not fix FM. Focus on sleep habits, sleep aids, pain at night and everything but the mattress!! IMHO https://t.co/MIwxpKMRih https://t.co/11J2HsL0ai

Tokyo study of 107 pts (age: ~86y) on synov. aspiration found to have CPPD crystals - MSU crystals also seen 17 pts (16%), where CPPD crystals predominated. 7/17 had Hx of gout or hyperuricemia. None were Rx for gout. https://t.co/lDnBhd5EFA https://t.co/9DjaLHygMc

Scleroderma Research Foundation Raises Nearly $1.1 Million At This Year's Cool Comedy • Hot Cuisine event hosted by Jeff Ross & included Fortune Feimster, Matt Friend, Ron Funches, Jay Pharoah, Lisa Ann Walter, Seth Green, Howie Mandel, and John Mayer https://t.co/ktgaNNinXa https://t.co/7RhaB9li9B

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