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Best of 2018: The Safety of Paternal Exposure to DMARDs and Biologics

d Jack Cush, MD

Pregnancy and drug safety is a complex issue, often with limited information about maternal drug exposure on the offspring. Greater uncertainty exists when considering whether paternal exposure may also influence fetal outcomes.

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Best of 2018: Advance Practice Clinicians Proliferating in Specialty Practices

d Jack Cush, MD

An analysis of SK&A outpatient provider files, covering 90% of physician practices in the United States, shows that between 2008 to 2016, there was a 22% increase in the employment of advanced practice clinicians (APCs) by specialty practices.  By 2016, 28% of all specialty practices employed APCs.

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Eli Lilly has announced that FDA has granted Fast Track designation to baricitinib, to be studied for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This drug is NOT FDA approved for lupus https://t.co/vK7i6AoKab

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Congratulations to Professor Iain McInnes - he is one of the Queen's New Year Honours in Scotland, as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for his services to medicine. https://t.co/15bIELJiEj

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Full text review of psoriatic arthritis for NPs and PAs https://t.co/hlLKLAQ9ZX

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Abbvie has submitted its new JAK inhibitor, upadacitinib, to the FDA and EMA for consideration in moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis https://t.co/49GspIEeYN

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Best wishes for a charmed 2019! My advice: 1. Just show up. 2. If you can, then you must do. 3. Live each day as if it twas your 1st day/last day/make or break day. 4. Teach

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“Never turn down an opportunity and don’t be afraid to address your failures”. - NFL great, Michael Strathan

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"I'm addicted to placebos. I'd give them up, but it wouldn't make any difference." - Steven Wright

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Yet ~100 fellowship applicants did not match this year. Need creative ways to fund training programs including NP/PA. @RheumResearch has opportunities. https://t.co/acT1qew3pG

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More than half of older Americans have "basic" or "below basic" health literacy. How do you make health care decisions when you don't even understand what the doctor is saying? https://t.co/8b3nLT6wMi

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Hearty congratulations to Prof Iain McInnes CBE for being recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours for services to medicine! Well deserved recognition 🎉 https://t.co/gJFVjuJHEC

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Check out the @ACRheum's comments about the Trump administration's proposed model to lower prices of drugs provided in clinics & infusion centers Though I was skeptical @ first, I'm grateful to the administration for listening to rheumatologists's ideas: https://t.co/vvjaeaF40I

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Reprint of "The interaction between environmental triggers and epigenetics in autoimmunity" #openaccess https://t.co/Kf189ViFSa https://t.co/FWfjy0QCrH

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From @NYTOpinion: CBD is being touted as the latest miracle cure. Enthusiasts rave about its supposed anti-anxiety, anti-inflammatory, antidepressant and anti-everything-you-don’t like effects. But does it work? https://t.co/yDuzeEh49t

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#ScienceHighlights2018: 2018 brought scientific advances in #Ebola, #HIV, #tuberculosis, #influenza, #eczema, #autoimmune diseases & many other areas: https://t.co/Zc2obI6Smj 🔬🧫🦠 https://t.co/d1FWdjam0R

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Nice update and review of Vaccination issues in Rheumatology - featuring insights from Drs. Len Calabrese, Steve Lindsey, Jeff Curtis, Kevin Winthrop & Betsy Kirchner ANP. https://t.co/xDTiO9xpHS

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According to Rheumatology Network there are 5415 Rheumatology providers (4997 Rheums, 228 NPs, 190 PAs) to manage 54 million with arthritis in the USA https://t.co/KIBCM8Jjd8

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"Prednisone is the best drug we have, and prednisone is the worst drug we have"- Peter A. Merkel, MD

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Not all symptoms merit a diagnosis or disease; some are just evidence of human imperfection

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