Written by Lisa Sammaritano, MD, of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, and a committee of nearly 50 other experts, the new guideline also stipulates that corticosteroids are OK for gaining symptom control in newly diagnosed patients and when flares erupt, but the duration should be kept as short as possible.
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I've done thousands of interviews; mostly for medical school admissions or medical and research employment. They’re all the same. I'm looking for the “right one” and the interviewee is somewhere between apprehension, uncertainty and hope. From all this experience I’ve developed my own perspective on interviews and interviewing that has been amended in the digital/virtual era.
Sjögren's disease RCTs: Has the Long Drought Ended?
At #ACR25, two late breaking abstracts have triggered hope for patients suffering from Sjögren's disease.
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PRED-SAFE: Shared Decision-Making Tool for Chronic Prednisone Use
Drs. Jiha Lee and Shivani Garg discuss abstract 1052 (“Prednisone… A Necessary Evil…” Developing an Evidence-Based Benefits vs. Harms Shared Decision-Making Tool (PRED-SAFE) to Support Decisions Around Chronic https://t.co/ZBH61Uzzc8
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Every week, RheumIQ challenges you with a quick quiz on current rheumatology updates.
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#ACR25 PsA Topic Panel
A focused conversation on the latest in psoriatic arthritis care - from emerging data and treatment strategies to real-world challenges in diagnosis and management. Hear expert perspectives, clinical pearls, and what's shaping PsA practice right now. https://t.co/PP0fkweXsZ
New Approaches to Therapy in PsA
Dr. Arthur Kavanaugh offers an overview of new approaches to therapy in psoriatic arthritis, at #ACR25.
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Why I love the late breaking abstracts
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Tuesday Nite Rheumatology (on 11.11.25) https://t.co/xk8NOwLN7z
Diagnostic Delays in PsA: A Radiographic Perspective
Dr. Brian Jaros reports on abstract 1713 (Diagnostic Delay in Psoriatic Arthritis and its Impact on Radiological Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 23,894 Patients), presented at #ACR25. https://t.co/iLllm7DcCF
Tapering in SELECT GCA: Steroids are the Problem
Dr. Mike Putman reports on abstract 0895 (Impact of Glucocorticoid Tapering in Giant Cell Arteritis: Analysis From the SELECT-GCA Trial) presented at #ACR25.
https://t.co/80Bl49uImB https://t.co/GjlHHjPW2u
Bone Density in Ankylosing Spondylitis
At #ACR25, a retrospective study from China tackled this challenge using quantitative computed tomography (QCT), a more precise imaging modality that measures true volumetric bone density unaffected by cortical ossifications. https://t.co/1Z5cshkqjt
Sjogren’s disease: two drugs with positive trials Sjogren’s disease: two drugs with positive trials
After several failures of therapies in Phase 3 trials of Sjogren’s disease (SjD) over many years, all hope is not lost! At #ACR25, not one but two drugs presented their efficacy https://t.co/kTTdZnVUtj
AI in Fellow Recruitment: A New Dawn in Medical Education?
Drs. Mrinalini Dey and Bharat Kumar abstract 2174 (Using Natural Language Processing to Identify Character Strengths in Rheumatology Fellowship Candidate Applications: A Feasibility Study) presented at #ACR25. https://t.co/gGx4zZlfAm
B Cell Depletion: Check the Lymph Node
Dr. Akhil Sood reports on abstract 2695 (B-cell depletion and lymphoid follicle disruption upon different B-cell depleting agents) presented at #ACR25.
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900,000 vs 9
It takes about 900,000 minutes to become a board-certified dermatologist. At that point, you might be very skilled and well-informed.
It takes less than nine minutes to make your patient feel seen, understood and reassured.
If you skip the 9 minutes, you wasted the https://t.co/o7BaWjS4HB
Stopping therapy in GCA
At #ACR25 we saw the SELECT-GCA extension data presented in the first plenary session, looking at the second year after the 52 week original study, comparing upadacitinib versus placebo in GCA. In this second year, patients in remission on upadacitinib https://t.co/GaYNWr3Sjq
#ACR25 Best Abstracts - Day 3
Tweeting about an ACR presentation or poster is a skill and sometimes art -- one that is mastered by the RheumNow faculty roving the halls and floors for the best new insights at #ACR25, Here are several of the best abstracts from Day 3, as chosen https://t.co/fOgXSiIWzC
Replay of RheumNow Live 2025 - Rheumatoid Arthritis https://t.co/TMC0A11Eil
Accelerated Aging in Rheumatic Disease: From Biology to Lifestyle Intervention
At #ACR25, the session “27M02: Nutrition for Rheumatic Disease: Where Aging Biology, Sarcopenia, and Diet Intersect” invited the audience to view rheumatic disease through the lens of biological https://t.co/OIgh8JQsFa


