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RheumNow Podcast - Speak Up! (6.18.2021)
Dr. Jack Cush talks on education, engagement and the challenge of speaking up, if not first!
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Efficacy of 6 Weeks Antibiotics with Prosthetic Joint Infections
The NEJM has published the results of a French multicenter study showing that prosthetic joint infections can be successfully managed with 6 weeks of antibiotic therapy; this was noninferior and had better outcomes compared to 12 weeks of antibiotic therapy.
Read ArticleCongress Slams AbbVie Over Price Hikes, 'Frivolous' Patents
House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pummeled AbbVie CEO Richard Gonzalez for raising the price of two widely used drugs and for the company's "legally questionable" tactics to head off competition from biosimilars, despite pulling in healthy profits.
Read ArticleTotal Ankle Arthroplasty vs. Arthodeisis?
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery reports the findings of a 4-year trial comparing outcomes of total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) versus ankle arthrodesis (AA) in patients with severe ankle arthritis; finding that while both groups improved, TAA was associated with less pain and better function after 4 years.
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Uric Acid: A Major Player in the Metabolic Syndrome
An open source, free read from the European Journal of Internal Medicine discusses how uric acid has evolved from the toxic cause of gout and nephrolithiasis and evolved, by way of science, into a pleiotropic recidivist in the evolution of obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, renal disease, hypertension, fatty liver, and cardiovascular disease.
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