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Making You the Expert of You! (Smart Rules for Patients)
You’ve scheduled an appointment with your medical provider - how do you make the most of it? We've gathered these tips and suggestions to share with patients.
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$30 Billion and Counting (4.29.2022)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports and takes viewer questions this week.
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PsA Journal Club - Fecal Transplant & H2H IXE vs ADA
Playback now available! Watch our Tuesday Nite Rheumatology, held April 26th, 2022, which featured a Journal Club panel discussion about two important studies.
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Interested in what we covered in the month of April? You can find all our PsA content at the link below. What was your biggest takeaway from our PsA All the Way campaign?
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TOMORROW! Register for our 5/10 Tuesday Night Rheumatology on PsA Advances.
This webinar will feature highlights from:
PsA Guidelines
Arthur Kavanaugh, MD
Drug Targeting in PsA
Bruce Kirkham, MD
PsA Registries and Real World Data
Alexis Ogdie, MD
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Hyperuricemia as a biomarker of severe #PsA? Study of 242 PsA pts 30% had hyperuricemia & 6% had gout. Hyperuricemia was significantly associated with age, comorbidity, perph polyarthritis, Jt destruction, less response to treatment. https://t.co/U5wAQdWLdC https://t.co/QfoaogDeun
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Large Korean population study compares pts w/ palmoplantar psoriasis vs psoriasis and PPP pts have more risk for ankylosing spondylitis (aOR 1.37) & Graves dz (aOR 1.4) but lower risk for PsA (aOR 0.54), SLE (0.67); Sjögren (0.70); vitiligo (0.53) https://t.co/0fv2vnFBPf https://t.co/PJMagIeZ2F
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Study of 17 homeless RA or PsA pts - less clinic access (80% vs 91%), more ED use (20 vs 5), less DMARDs (43% vs 100%), more steroids (29% vs 0%); 83% unable to work due to health. Greatest need - dental , PT, knee surgery, employment & housing https://t.co/VHnTR0MTkr https://t.co/JDZTELz2qB
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There is 1.4 million transgender persons in the US. ACP has published a guideline "Care of the Transgender Patient" addressing health disparities, certain cancers, substance abuse, mental health conditions, infections, and chronic diseases. https://t.co/AoBeOzv9YH https://t.co/jKabVELPxH
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Study of 13 European registries on durability/effect of interleukin-17 (IL-17) inhibition with secukinumab: among 2,017 PsA on secukinumab, retention rates were 86% and 76% at 6 and 12 mos, with 12 mo remission rate of 11% to 16% https://t.co/03sJBSbUy6
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Neural networks of high-res quantitative CT (HR-pQCT) scans allowed for 3D imaging of MCP2 to differentiate normals from #RA & #PsA. 932 of 617 ppts correct AuROC for HC 82%, RA 75%, PsA 68%. UA pts read as 86% RA,11% PsA, & 3% HC https://t.co/wSQgllYgug https://t.co/yA6g55SpeC
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Thanks so much to all who contributed to April's PsA All the Way campaign on RheumNow. You can find all our PsA content at the link below. Did you learn anything new about PsA from our coverage?
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Rheumatologic diagnosis through hand exam by Dr. Sarah Chung @ACPinternists #rheumatology #rheumtwitter #MedEd #rheumatoidarthritis #BJHM #Hospitalmedicine #IM2022 #MedTwitter 👇🏽 https://t.co/qR4zNa4NcX
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Hyperuricemia as a biomarker of severe #PsA? Study of 242 PsA pts 30% had hyperuricemia & 6% had gout. Hyperuricemia was significantly associated with age, comorbidity, perph polyarthritis, Jt destruction, less response to treatment. https://t.co/NiPTbknD57 https://t.co/HOC2Bev4R6
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We completed a whole month of super-charged, focused coverage & education on #PsA.THANKS to the many mavens who contributed! In PSA - "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not." -Dr. Seuss, The Lorax https://t.co/Y58klwbS4V https://t.co/f2pnuypwyr
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Playback now available! Watch our Tuesday Nite Rheumatology, held April 26th, 2022, which featured a Journal Club panel discussion about two important studies.
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Perplexing Oligoarthritis, +FHx, But no psoriasis
QD Clinic is sponsored by RheumNow's PsA All the Way Campaign in April 2022
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Watch: Dr. Ritchlin discusses Future Discovery and Targets.
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Spanish BIOBADASER registry real world performance of secukinumab in 639 pts w/ #PsA & spondyloarthritis (axSpA, AS, NR axSpA) showed imprved Dz activity at 1 yr & maintained or increased 2 & 3 years. Retention rates best when SEC used 1st biologic https://t.co/MAE3BhLlRg
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Cardiovascular risk (CVR) was assessed in Psoriasis (#PSO) & #PSA in multiracial population in S Brazil using the Framingham Risk Score. Compared to controls PSO & PSA had higher FRS (16.3 & 18 vs 10.6) and also increased with age. highttps://bit.ly/3k7ySi8
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