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Industry Payments to Rheumatologists Dropped During COVID
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Having their clinics shut down and patients staying away during the COVID-19 pandemic was bad enough for physicians' finances, but now a new study finds that, at least for rheumatologists, payments from industry dried up as well.
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Rheumatology Workforce: Is it a Women’s Issue?
I recently sat down with Dr. Daniel Battafarano, chair of the ACR’s Workforce Solutions Committee, to discuss workforce study findings, their impact on the next few years, and proposed interventions to address these issues.
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Women are 80% of healthcare workforce; 97% of EU nurses & midwives are women- yet women earn 24% less than men & hold 25% of senior roles in the health sector. WHO officials call for equal pay/promotion, better work conditions &gender specific solutions https://t.co/ccuFnTmnvF https://t.co/V03RnXB1JE
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2023 NRMP Match: 365 applicants for Rheum; 97.8% (265 of 271 avail) of Adult Rheum fellow positions matched (only 4/127 programs did not fill their match). Pediatric Rheum 27/41 positions (62.8%)were filled (14/32 programs not filling). https://t.co/VECH6rMHBV https://t.co/MC1jhLCQBk
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Gender Norms in Chronic Pain
Sensitive women and stoical men are the prevalent images of people in chronic pain. Unwarranted differences in medical treatment may result, as a University of Gothenburg doctoral thesis emphasizes.
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Watch Dr. Alexis Ogdie discuss sex differences in axSpA, addressing disease susceptibility and outcomes, prevalence ratios, differences in PROs and the latest research.
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Our next Tuesday Night Rheumatology addresses Contract Negotiations, featuring Andrea Liberatore, JD, Gwenesta Melton, MD, and Kathryn Dao, MD.
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Friday's podcast "You Can Have it All” is out now and available for download.
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and highlights from our "Women in Rheumatology" Campaign from last week on RheumNow.
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2022 Doximity Physician salary survey shows that among the least paid specialties; Pediatric rheumatology was #3 at $226k and Adult Rheumatology was #20 at $299K https://t.co/HL7vReY6Vg https://t.co/LbWQ9IBUWr
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Did you miss this week’s TNR? Check it now.
Straddling Career and Family
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What Advocacy Taught Me About Leadership
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British Society of Rheumatology Plans Revision of Systemic Sclerosis Guideline
BSR last published its guideline for SSc in 2016. Given the many advances in the field the BSR has outlined their plans to update the management of SSc.
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Inflammasome inhibitors in development:
- RRx-001 in cancer, ALS, parkinsons
- OLT1177 in OA knee, gout, Schnitzlers
- DFV890 in CAPs, knee OA
- IZD174/334 in CAPS
- ZYIL1 CAPS
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New downlaod available: Gender Risk in Rheumatic Disease
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EMA Final Update on JAK Inhibitors and MACE, Malignancy & VTE Risks
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Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir) should be used w/in 5d of COVID Sxs onset. Drug interactions include: steroids, anticoagulants (Eliquis, Xarelto, warfarin), Flomax, Calcium channel blockers, benzodiazepines. https://t.co/FmjeWvWo58 https://t.co/BaKwun23pD
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Frunevetmab (Solensia), is a cat-specific mAb against nerve growth factor was FDA approved, for use in CATS, to treat the pain of osteoarthritis. CATS! https://t.co/OFb0vtndf1 https://t.co/14g2Fzeh2i
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DESIR - early SpA Cohort study of 494 pts (half F); w/ 6 yrs F/U, Women had higher ASDAS-CRP & PtGA (P < 0.0001; vs men), yet CRP was similar and structural damage more frequent in men (P < 0.0001). https://t.co/cxehQuEOtu https://t.co/6PwtjEgLDD
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RheumThoughts: Changing the Conversation with Patients: Lupus
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AMA survey shows 94% MD report delays in Pt care assoc w/ prior authorization. MDs spend 2d/wk on PA &1/3 hire added staff for PA. 4/5 PAs result in abandoned Rx. CMC has a proposed rule to speed up PA approval. Congress needs to act on this PA problem! https://t.co/XNtlk5TzX5 https://t.co/QtzXQLyjWD
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