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What to do about pre-clinical RA?
Much like the recent ACR Convergence, RheumNow Live’s 2023 conference started and focused on this year’s hot topic of rheumatoid arthritis and especially what to do regarding pre-clinical RA.
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Psoriatic Arthritis and Pregnancy
At RheumNow Live this weekend, Dr. Christina Chambers, an epidemiologist at the University of California San Diego and the principal investigator of MotherToBaby Pregnancy Studies, reviewed the available data on psoriatic arthritis and pregnancy, which is relatively small. There is little evidence at this time that pregnancy affects psoriatic arthritis, though studies reliably demonstrate increase in disease activity in the post-partum period in both skin and joint disease.
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Faith and Miracle Larry
This week on the podcast, Dr. Jack Cush recalls what life was like early on during COVID, from March to June of 2020. During this time, his close friend, Larry, contracted COVID-19 and was hospitalized, intubated and put on mechanical ventilation for nearly 2 months.
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2022 EULAR Recommendations for ANCA-associated Vasculitis
EULAR has published the 2022 update on recommendations for the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV).
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Polypharmacy Increased in Psoriatic Arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is plagued by obesity, depression and increased comorbidities; now it appears that polypharmacy adds to the burden of managing PsA.
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Optimal Timing of Elective Hip or Knee Arthroplasty
The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) released a summary of its new guideline titled “The Optimal Timing of Elective Hip or Knee Arthroplasty for Patients with Symptomatic Moderate to Severe Osteoarthritis or Osteonecrosis Who Have Failed Nonoperative Therapy.”
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Marathon Running Not a Risk Factor for Arthritis
Intensity of distance running had no bearing on the prevalence of hip and knee osteoarthritis among participants in recent editions of the Chicago Marathon, researchers reported here.
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Big Time Vasculitis (3.10.2023)
Dr. Jack Cush Reviews the News and Journal articles from the past week on RheumNow. This weeks highlights includes insights on scleroderma, myositis, vasculitis and answers the question - does aggressive biologic treatment of psoriasis prevent future psoriatic arthritis?
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Long-Term Survival of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
A single center cohort study analyzed the outcome and survival of idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) patients and showed good 5 and 10 year survival but showed significant declined 15-25 years post-diagnosis.
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Safety of Avacopan in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Combined Data from Three Clinical Trials
This poster reports on data of the safety of avacopan, C5a receptor inhibitor, from two Phase 2 and one Phase 3 studies in 439 patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis. Rates of exposure-adjusted total adverse event (AEs), serious AEs, withdrawal of study medication due to AEs, and pre-specified AEs of interest were calculated based on the integrated data from all three trials.
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NSAIDs in Pregnancy (3.3.2023)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the lastest journal articles, news, and FDA announcements from the past week on RheumNow. This week, the importance of IFNa, Subclinical PsA and NSAID safety during Pregnancy.
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Treat-to-Target Guidelines for GCA and PMR
The Annals of Rheumatic Disease has published updated multinational, treat-to-target (T2T) recommendations for the treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR).
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The Late Edition (2.24.2023)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com
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Heavy Metals and the Risk of Arthritis
The etiology of arthritis was studied using US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data and suggested that elevated concentrations of trace elements (TE: Pb, Cd, and Cu) were associated with increased risk of arthritis.
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