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What Factors Predict RA in First-Degree Relatives?

MedPage Today Aug 16, 2021

Among a cohort of first-degree relatives of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), certain patient characteristics, as well as symptoms, helped predict a possible increased risk for developing the disease, U.K. researchers reported.

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Booster Shots for Rheumatology Patients on Immunosuppressive Medications

ACR Press Release Aug 16, 2021

ATLANTA – The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices today recommended that rheumatology patients being actively treated with high-dose corticosteroids, alkylating agents, antimetabolites, TNF blockers, and other biologic agents that are immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory receive a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.

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RheumNow Podcast – Booster Shots for COVID (8.13.2021)

Jack Cush, MD Aug 13, 2021

Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow.com.

https://t.co/lRr1EsoADU EULAR 2021: Still’s Disease Highlights Sponsored by Novartis Medical Affairs Listen to a discussion of medical experts discuss insights from independently selected abstracts in Still’s disease.

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16 Pts on mech ventilation for SARS-CoV-2- induced ARDS with hyperinflammation were treated with ruxolitinib plus standard care - 13/16 survived 28 days. Better outcomes seen w/ RUX and Lymph-neutrophil ration > 0.07. https://t.co/4O2Y5swE0x

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In the week ending 8/12: 👧🏽121,427 pediatric #COVID19 cases (14.4% of all cases, 49 states) 🏥452 pediatric hospitalizations (24 states reporting) 💀7 pediatric deaths (43 states reporting) One death is too many.

Here is a fairly obvious piece of advice: If a patient presents with a diagnosis (self-made) rather than a symptom, work hard to clarify the symptom itself. You usually make the same diagnosis but not always...

Scottish study of 78 000 veterans shows no association between military service and future OA knee/hip. 78K Vets compared to 253K non-Vets shows Vets with a lower risk of THR (HR 0.87), but not TKR (HR 1.02). https://t.co/JU7Q80qji1

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Metanalysis of Colchicine in oronary artery disease (CAD) (13RCTs, n=13125), colchicine signif. reduces the risk of MI (OR 0.64) & CVA/TIA (OR 0.50), but has a higher rate of GI upset with no influence on all‐cause mortality (OR 0.96) https://t.co/CRDUFsc6lG

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Osteoarthritis vs. Rheumatoid Arthritis https://t.co/qvVEcKqNAM https://t.co/WDyIZxoL7v

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Watch Now: The Sentinel Joint: Dr. Kathryn Dao ( @KDAO2011 ) reviews abstract POS0385 presented at the virtual EULAR 2021 meeting. https://t.co/H3DcSHQWHr https://t.co/f7LDNz6oyL

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Popular on RheumNow https://t.co/BZsl8a6ArW The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Octagam 10% [Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human)], as the first and only intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) formulation to be approved for adult dermatomyositis (DM). https://t.co/RNFsJadUZx

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Popular post-- AstraZeneca announced that anifrolumab (Saphnelo or anifrolumab-fnia) was approved by the the FDA for that treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who are receiving standard therapy. https://t.co/22HVA32IAh https://t.co/CGkBW80un4

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FDA has approved Xywav - gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) for “idiopathic hypersomnia,” (people sleep 9+hrs/, yet never feel rested). GHB prev approved for narcolepsy https://t.co/38MBpmOAAA https://t.co/5pLLghCYtp

A Top Tweet this Week: A large cohort study of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients shows that regular tea consumption was associated with a lower risk of RA. https://t.co/ODTs7PdGTN https://t.co/69mi8IlBdj

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In case you missed it… TB rarely causes arthritis; accounts for 1-5% of all TB (10-30% of pulmonary TB) cases. May present as mono/oligoarthritis, tenosynovitis, dactylitis, Spondylitis (Potts disease), reactive arthritis (Poncets dz) or polyarthritis. https://t.co/RpMrRLQbEa

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Dont make a point, make a difference - Seth Godin https://t.co/kJE3EGCY83

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ICYMI: Can you manage FM without opioids? Study of 698 Fibromyalgia pts from a tertiary center finds 27.1% taking opioids. Opioid associated with longer Sx duration (>3 yrs), increased age, worse functional impairment & pain catastrophizing https://t.co/N1G4ZtkUE5

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FDA has expanded the use of SHINGRIX vaccine to include adults 18 years and older who are compromised by immunodeficiency or immunosuppression caused by disease or therapy. https://t.co/Wf2mzvOQcU

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https://t.co/VBxg9fQmt0 Sporadic reports of anakinra use in COVID-19 infection has hinted is potential; now a metanalysis shows that the use of anakinra may reduce the mortality risk in patients admitted to hospital with moderate to severe COVID-19 pneumonia... https://t.co/XIB7OVNCvT

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