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RheumNow Podcast – Up, Down & Turned Around (12.18.20)
Dr Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from this past week on RheumNow.com
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Encouraging Rheumatology Fellowship Match for 2021
The results of the National Residents Matching Program (NRMP) match in rheumatology are out and show that rheumatology fellowship was both competitive and highly sought after.
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COVID-19 as a Leading Cause of Death in the USA
The exponential rise in deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last several months is put into perspective by JAMA Viewpoint article noting that current US death rates of > 3000 per day from COVID-19 is greater than that seen in one day on September 11, 2001 (9/11 attacks, claimed 2988 lives) or by a fictional catastrophe of 15 Airbus 320 jetliners (150 passengers each) crashing daily.
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Four Lifestyle Changes to Prevent Gout
JAMA Open Network reports that reducing four particular risk factors for gout could slash incident cases in men.
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RheumNow Podcast – Stop These COVID Mistakes (12.11.20)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from this past week on RheumNow.com.
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New Lyme Disease Guidelines
2020 evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Lyme disease was cooperatively developed the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR).
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RheumNow Podcast – Back Talk Listener Questions (12.04.20)
Dr Jack Cush takes questions from RheumNow listeners
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Colchicine Approval Took a Huge Toll on CMS
Colchicine, the old gout drug often cited as a cheap anti-inflammatory, hasn't been such a good deal since FDA approval, a study in JAMA Internal Medicine showed.
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New ACR RA Guidelines and Practice Changing Abstracts: RA Panel
Dr. Jonathan Kay leads an international panel discussion on the new ACR RA guidelines and several practice-changing abstracts presented at the 2020 ACR meeting. Panelists include Dr. Kathryn Dao, Dr. Eric Dein, Dr. Meral El Ramahi, Dr. Richard Conway and Dr. Sheila Reyes.
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Vaccination with Shingrix: Does it work for patients on JAKi?
Dr. Jeffrey Curtis examines abstracts #1997 and #0452 presented at the ACR 2020 annual meeting.
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