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Can Rheumatologists Accurately Diagnose axSpA in Patients with Chronic Back Pain?
Chronic low back pain is a common complaint that brings patients to the doctor’s attention. Although the majority of low back pain is mechanical in nature, an important minority is inflammatory in nature.
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Rheumatology Roundup - ACR 2023
Drs. Jack Cush and Arthur Kavanaugh discuss highlights and key takeaways from ACR 23.
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How early is early in psoriatic arthritis?
Is there a window of opportunity for treatment in PsA to ensure optimal outcomes?
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Cancer and TNF inhibitors
Cancer risk minimisation is a high priority for people with rheumatic diseases, as it is for the general population. Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) have a long history of association with cancer risk discussions
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Watch: SpA Insights: New Therapies
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#ACRbest Abstracts – Day 2
Our reporters have been prolific in finding the hot abstracts, those that were most attended or those that are getting the most buzz on social media. Here are RheumNows #ACRbest abstract reports from Monday, 11/13 at #ACR23.
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Lupus Topic Panel
Featuring panelists Dr. Kathryn Dao, Eric Dein and Sheila Reyes, discussing the best and most interesting lupus studies presented at #ACR23.
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Methotrexate: shall we split up?
Methotrexate (MTX) is widely used in rheumatic diseases yet poses common tolerance issues, especially for the oral form; and bioavailability is known to be limited for doses over 15mg.
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Maintain Vigilance for CV Risk Postpartum in Autoimmune Diseases
Pregnant women with ARDs and APS face significantly increased risks of CVEs. This increased risk is often attributed to ARDs, its medications or comorbidities associated with it.
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#ACR23 BEST Abstracts from San Diego – Day 1
From hundreds of online presentations, the poster floor and the plenary podium, here are some of the best abstracts from 11/12/23. You can spot these on Twitter by looking for the (#ACRbest) hashtag.
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Will CAR T Cells also treat RA?
Dr. Jonathan Kay reports on abstract 0424 from #ACR23.
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Watch: Ultrasound for PsA Stratification: Are We There Yet?
Dr. Aurelie Najm reports live from #ACR23
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New Biomarkers and Therapeutics Show Potential in Still's Disease
AOSD is a rare complex, sporadic, systemic autoinflammatory disease similar to sJIA characterized by sustained fever, salmon-colored rash, and arthritis
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Urinary biomarkers precede loss of kidney function for lupus nephritis
In Abstract 0850, Dr. Andrea Fava from Johns Hopkins presents research on the value of urinary biomarkers as measure of intrarenal inflammation.
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Less (Glucocorticoids) is More in Lupus Nephritis
Dr. Yuz Yusof talks with Dr. Amir Saxena about abstract 0781 at the 2023 ACR Convergence meeting in San Diego, CA.
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Difficult toTreat PsA: Mainly Difficult to Define!
Dr. Aurelie Najm reports on abstract 0777 from the 2023 ACR Convergence meeting in San Diego, CA.
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Psoriatic Arthritis Topic Panel
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Day 2 Report - ACR Plenaries: Changing the Practice of Rheumatology
The top ACR2023 Plenary abstracts Dr. Dao ( @kdao2011) found impactful for her practice were...
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ACR23 – Day 3 Report
F2F learning amidst miles of research and many young talented aside wizened establish presenters is such a welcome return to ACR, the way it should be.
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