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2022 Rheumatology Year in Review
2022 was a year of recovery, discovery, and some losses. While still dealing with the aftermath of COVID-19, rheumatologists were resilient as leaders for their patients and research in advancing rheumatologic care.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Responses in Rheumatic Disease Patients
Nature Reviews Rheumatology features a review of three notable papers that address the impact of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination on people with inflammatory rheumatic disease.
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Low Dose IL-2 Therapy in Sjögren’s
There is a large, unmet need in treating Sjögren’s syndrome, yet a new randomized clinical trial has shown that low-dose interleukin 2 (LD-IL-2) was effective effective and well tolerated in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS), with evidence of restored immune balance.
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Infections in pre-RA: a cause or a consequence?
Rheumatoid arthritis is known to be associated with a higher risk of infections. In abstract 0535, Porter and colleagues have assessed infection rates in the pre-RA and early RA phases as defined by antibiotics prescription and hospital admissions with an infection main diagnostic code in the UK National database.
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Opportunistic Infections with JAK inhibitors in RA
Winthrop and colleagues have reviewd the occurrence of opportunistic infections (OIs) associated with the use of Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), showing that Herpez zoster (HZ) was the most common OI reported with JAK inhibitors in clinical trials, althou
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2022 EULAR Recommendations for Screening and Prophylaxis of Chronic and Opportunistic Infections
A EULAR Task force has developed recommendations for screening and prophylaxis of chronic and opportunistic infections in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRD).
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Women with Rheumatic Disease (11.4.2022)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from this past week on RheumNow.com. New regulatory decisions about JAK inhibitors and why do women with rheumatic diseases have unfair outcomes?
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Undiagnosed RA During the Pandemic
The number of new diagnoses of rheumatoid arthritis fell by 20% in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research suggests.
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Infections & Lupus (10.28.2022)
Dr. Jack Cush discusses the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow. This week more lupus nephritis, more drug induced lupus and more lupus infections that may kill.
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Infection: a Leading Cause of Death in Lupus
Analysis of a national database of hospital discharges from Spain shows that infections accounted for 25% of lupus deaths, making infection the most common cause of death in SLE.
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ACR Award Winners (10.21.2022)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow.com. Highlighted discussion of implantable stimulators, urine proteomics and gut-immune responses to Prevotella in RA.
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Vaccination Cut Long COVID Risk for Rheum Patients
Patients with rheumatologic conditions who developed breakthrough COVID-19 infection after vaccination were less likely to suffer long-term symptoms than unvaccinated but otherwise similar patients, researchers said.
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Prevotella Immune Response in Both Pre-Clinical & Established RA
In a recent analysis published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, people at risk for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and those with the disease had elevated blood levels of antibodies against a Prevotella copri (Pc).
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