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Tick-borne diseases have increased in the last decade in the US, including Lyme disease (~476 000/yr), babesiosis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), Rocky Mountain spotted fever, monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME), alpha gal allergy (red meat allergy) https://t.co/tl8qPyjU3Z https://t.co/AP0wglsJXM

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Lead with Lupus (8.2.2024)

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Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from this past week on RheumNow.com - leading with lupus because everyone wants to know about lupus!

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Decline in Physician Trust During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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JAMA reports that following the COVID-19 pandemic US adults trust in physicians and hospitals decreased, and was associated with lower odds of COVID vaccination.

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Location, Location, Location (7.26.2024)

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Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow.com. Location matters; Geo-rheumatology?

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CDC warns of Listeria outbreak assoc w/ deli meats - in 12 US states (lead by NY, and MN, MO, IL, WI, PA, VA, GA, NJ, DE, MD, MA, NC), 28 cases, 28 hospitalized, 2 deaths. @risk are the pregnant, elderly, immunosuppressed. Cook deli meats >165F https://t.co/SWKMhIBQEi https://t.co/snLjBKn1UJ

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Biologics Prevent AA amyloidosis progression to ESRD

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One of the most serious complications of rheumat0logic and autoimmune diseases can be prevented with biologic drugs, a single-center chart review suggested, and some such products may be more effective than others.

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Best Rheumatologists (7.19.2024)

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This week on the RheumNow Podcast, Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports of interesting, including irAE, pollution and Psoriasis, microwave therapy, scleroderma without scleroderma that only the best rheumatologists could discern.

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Intercurrent infections may be assoc w/ SLE flares. 203 Amsterdam SLE pts, incidence of major & minor infections were 5.3 & 64/100Pys. Intercurrent infections (major & minor) were assoc w/ SLE flares (HR 1.9); major infx lead to major SLE flares (HR 7.4) https://t.co/DSPgi9KrwT https://t.co/FI7ZYf3CPl

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ICYMI: Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) https://t.co/geb8y2AK26 https://t.co/cB3y5vQoz1

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ICYMI: 2022 EULAR Recommendations on Screening & Prophylaxis for Opportunistic Infections https://t.co/eHn2o2pFFR https://t.co/8S1fzl4AaJ

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ICYMI: Can Mycophenolate be Stopped in Stable SLE?

d Jack Cush, MD

In patients with clinically stable systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis, the withdrawal of mycophenolate mofetil was not significantly inferior to mycophenolate maintenance, but MMF withdrawal had numerically more reactivations, while MMF maintenance had more infections.

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Has JAK POT Hit the Spot About Infection Risk? Dr. Yuz Yusof discusses abstract OP0092 presented at Eular 2024 in Vienna, Austria. https://t.co/vN2VZYGqbE https://t.co/MQ3QCJU4SW

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EULAR 2024 Rheumatology Roundup (6.21.2024)

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Drs. Artie Kavanaugh and Jack Cush discuss highlights from the EULAR 2024 meeting in Vienna

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DMARDs and Herpes Zoster Vaccination: To Stop or Not To Stop Dr. Jonathan Kay discusses abstracts POS0620 and OP0020 presented at Eular 2024 in Vienna, Austria. https://t.co/gKJRygBeq0 https://t.co/2NTNYJLPNZ

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EULAR 2024 – Day 4 Report

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The final day of EULAR 2024 was rich in posters, Late-breaking oral presentations and EULAR updates and recommendations.  Below is a synopsis of the half-day's action.

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EULAR guidelines for screening for TB in rheumatic disease patients #EULAR2024 https://t.co/jaixl8lGkY

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#opportunistic inf in #autoimmune dz 🎤 @khyrich 👉#herpes zost is ⬆️⬆️,esp😳#lupus (💉 >18yo🇺🇸) 👉#HBV react ⬆️⬆️ w/ RTX (9.1%) >>TNFi, JAKi, IL-6 👉 🙅‍♂️ #TB repeat 🧪 on #DMARD if 🚫new risk fact/gap⚠️ 🔗#eular 2022 guide: https://t.co/PIpGpTrH28 #eular2024 #rheumx @RheumNow https://t.co/kouXvradiC

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#opportunistic inf in #autoimmune dz 🎤 @khyrich 👉#herpes zost is ⬆️⬆️,esp😳#lupus (💉 >18yo🇺🇸) 👉#HBV react ⬆️⬆️ w/ RTX (9.1%) >>TNFi, JAKi, IL-6 👉 🙅‍♂️ #TB repeat 🧪 on #DMARD if 🚫new risk fact/gap⚠️ 🔗#eular 2022 guide: https://t.co/PIpGpTrH28 #eular2024 #rheumx @RheumNow https://t.co/kouXvradiC

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Is Cannabis Safe? (6.7.2024)

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Dr. Jack Cush reviews FDA approval, news and journal articles -- and it’s the week before EULAR 2024 in Vienna!!

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Upside/Downside of Steroids in Lupus Nephritis

d Jack Cush, MD

A systematic review of randomized clinical trials of patients with biopsy-proven lupus nephritis (LN) demonstrates both the benefits and harms to early glucocorticoid (GC) regimens on lupus outcomes. 

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