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ACR Website to Support Primary Care Practitioners
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The American College of Rheumatology recently launched Rheumatology for Primary Care, a new resource for primary care physicians (PCP) and advanced practice providers (APP) offering them expanded support and guid
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The Window of Opportunity (5.24.2024)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the journal reports and news from the past week on RheumNow.com. This week: blockbuster drugs, opioids in rheumatology and nontreatment of inflammatory arthritis?
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"Don't You Know Who I am?" (5.17.2024)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past 2 weeks. This week's question: can we prevent gout, ILD or psoriasis?
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Legal (Not So) Merry-Go-Round of Alendronate Atypical Fractures
Dr. Gregory Curfman, MD (Executive editor of JAMA) writes on the chronological legal progress of a lawsuit stemming from rare instances of atypical femoral fractures associated with bisphosphonate (alendronate) use.
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There's a huge difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
We talk in fact-deficient, obfuscating generalities to cover up our lack of understanding.
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The ability to predict hip fractures just went to a new level
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A proteomic risk score was found to be strongly predictive of incident hip fractures in multiple independent populations
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DRESS - Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms - review on JAMA. Common drugs include allopurinol, Bactrim, Minocin, etc. https://t.co/1DmgyX33Cl
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"Don't You Know Who I am?" (5.17.2024)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past 2 weeks. This week's question: can we prevent gout, ILD or psoriasis?
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Consensus Statements on Vitamin D
The “Controversies in Vitamin D” International Conference has published their proceedings on vitamin D metabolism, assessment, actions, and supplementation.
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Substitute Measures of Inflammation (many dervied from the CBC)
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My Cancelled Lecture Slides
Listen to last week's podcast for more context!
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Save the date! We’ll be covering #EULAR24! https://t.co/HGjP2SFyOp
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A unique study in military medicine of 1.5 million ED visits reveals the dynamics of high-rank and high-power patients and doctors, and the care they get/provide
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Retrospective, cross-sectional study from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI), 2607 pts (age 64yrs; BMI 28.5). After 48 mos regular bicycling yielded signif less knee pain (HR 0.83), Xray OA (0.91) & Sxs OA (0.79), Encourage Bicycling! https://t.co/ktocvwujwt https://t.co/DOfE1BFRJh
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NEJM: evolution of pyoderma gangrenosum skin lesions https://t.co/wE9pAZZs9L https://t.co/jTijcCvpfI
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"On being a physician" - a White Coat Ceremony address by Dr. John F. Fischer from the Medical College of Georgia 2024 https://t.co/tBlT6DEddU via @YouTube
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Rheum Leaders on Capitol Hill Advocating for Medicare Payment Reform
On May 7th, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) hosted its annual Capitol Hill fly-in with rheumatology leaders nationwide to champion the need for crucial reforms to the MPFS.
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Grear review of Philip S Hench and the discovery of cortisone - by Drs Matteson and Hunder in Ann Rheum Dis https://t.co/EoYtDYsk4K https://t.co/KAemytpSmJ
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Cohort study 243 671total joint arthroplasty pts finds found no association of preoperative or postoperative colonoscopy with Periop Jt Infx risk w/ 1-yr F/U. PJI risk was incr by comorbidity (diabetes, kidney disease, and pulmonary disease). https://t.co/0J8F9YN2l2 https://t.co/USoplPPHh3
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