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2022 ACR Guideline for Integrative Interventions for RA
- Conditionally recommend Mediterranean diet
- Conditionally recommend Against other diets or dietary supplements
*Low or very low to moderate evidence due to absence of good studies
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 weeks 2 days ago
Pearl: 40% of acute gout attacks will have a normal serum uric acid (that will elevated during intercritical phase) - Draw the lab during and after the attack. https://t.co/nNdFWx3gjY
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 weeks 2 days ago
Neuropsychiatric (NP) Sxs compared in SLE (n 609), controls (463) & IA patients (489).
Hallucinations and severe headache were most directly attributable to NP-SLE. https://t.co/Xh6mnOcH3H https://t.co/cbBTTdIe4X
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 weeks 2 days ago
Monica Guma at #RNL2024
How does Mediterranean diet help inflammation?
Maintains healthy microbiota
Enhancing production of anti-inflammatory metabolites
Maintains intestinal barrier integrity https://t.co/VoroixlV9k
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 weeks 2 days ago
Seropositive RA is a spectrum to disease
Hani El Gabalawy #RNL2024
Genetic and environmental factors affecting autoimmunity and leading to disease
Clinical suspect arthralgias usually finds "imminent RA", may be too late at that stage for prevention https://t.co/UlQbBkMdgT
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 weeks 2 days ago
#RNL2024
As we age, we gain not just wisdom, but also "Inflammaging"
Immune system changes in our inflammatory cells lead to:
- Poor vaccine response
- High risks for infections
- High risk for CVD
- High risk for autoimmunity
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 weeks 2 days ago
All April long!
Join us every Tuesday Night for Tuesday Night Rheumatology! We're kicking off tomorrow night at 6:30pm ET with "Success in RA."
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 weeks 2 days ago
7 Updates on Prosthetic Joint Infections
These are excerpts and takeaway summaries from several literature reports addressing the diagnosis and outcomes of prosthetic joint infections (PJI).
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 weeks 3 days ago
337 PMR pts studied by FDG PET, followed 6 mos - 9% (31) had subclinical vasculitis (GCA)
- 21 had isolated LG vessel
- 3 isolated cranial vasculitis
- 7 both cranial & LG vessel vasculitis.
Steroid use higher w/ subclinical vasculitis, but not relapse https://t.co/QyRFwY45eU https://t.co/rg1WSBeMFl
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 weeks 3 days ago
Quote: ""I got the message. All of us get the message, sooner or later. If you get it before it's too late or before you're too old, you'll pull through all right." ~ Nat King Cole https://t.co/dtGqztmJie
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 weeks 3 days ago
Should all patients with #polymyalgia rheumatics be screened for #giantcellarteriitis with vascular #ultrasound? A recent viewpoint summarizes the evidence:
đź“Šprevalence of subclinical GCA may be as high as 25%
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Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases @ARD_BMJ ( View Tweet )
2 weeks 3 days ago
Cohort of 158 active #RA pts (DAS28 3.6-5.6 & pain 4-7/10) found that Pain was explained by:
- 27% - Inflammation (+PDUS), no FM
- 27% - w/ FM
- 19% - w/ both FM and inflamm
- 27% (No FM, no PD) - peripheral nociceptive pain https://t.co/uM6Gw8D8D8 https://t.co/Lk0ylcBDvM
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 weeks 3 days ago