Dr. John Cush RheumNow
6 years 7 months ago
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with lumbar disc disease and LBP in postmenopausal women; moresoe w/ very low vitamin D concentration < 10 ng/mL - study of 232 postmenopausal women https://t.co/Kmu8nMOaf7
The Annals of Rheumatic Disease reports that interleukin- 27 (IL-37) may play an important role in the pathogenesis of gout, paving the way for future therapy with recombinant IL-37 in gouty arthritis.
Activation of the inflammasome by monosodium urate crystals is thought to be paramount to the innate immune response that drives IL-1-mediated joint inflammation in gout.
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
6 years 7 months ago
U.S. FDA Accepts Regulatory Submission for Tanezumab, an NGF inhibitor, for the Treatment for Patients with Chronic Pain Due to Moderate-to-Severe Osteoarthritis https://t.co/9NsESTnn4S
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
6 years 7 months ago
"He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." -Winston Churchill
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
6 years 7 months ago
QD Clinic - Cases, insights and RNL info. Listen to the podcasts on iTunes or here https://t.co/V60JN2ZdYF
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
6 years 7 months ago
The RHeumNow Podcast is up. https://t.co/pD2fWDsCOJ Checkout the podcast >> https://t.co/x0RytGbNYi
Dr Jack Cush Reviews the news and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
6 years 7 months ago
Long term safety of Sarilumab reviewed. 2887 SAR pts on Combo and 471 on SAR mono Rx for up to 7.3 yrs (8188 PYs). SAEs 9.4 & 6.7/100PY; SIE 3.7 &, H zoster (0.5-0.6/100PY), GI perforations < 0.1/100PY & Cancer 0.7-.6. ANC <1000 in 13-15% https://t.co/YA2TKCdpGY
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
6 years 7 months ago
Study of metformin in NON-diabetics w/ inflammatory disease on Pred >20/d shows metformin to to reduce pneumonia, serious infections, markers of carbohydrate/lipid,/liver & bone metabolism (vs PBO) but had no effect on truncal fat https://t.co/8RE2fJMkv9
Janet Pope Janetbirdope
6 years 7 months ago
Prof Dinesh Khanna has an algorithm for SSc ILD. High CRP is a risk. HRCT is only low radiation so use for dx and prognosis #CRA2020 great lecture @RheumNow @earlyarthritis @sclerodermaUM https://t.co/VgltxqFKCo
Cassandra Calabrese CCalabreseDO
6 years 7 months ago
Syphilis = The great imitator! Dx further muddled by periods of active and inactive disease. 2 main diagnostic algorithms that rely on serology, and both have pitfalls! @LCalabreseDO @NEJM @HealioRheum https://t.co/PvIG8hX0Ht https://t.co/EFTBYhK8QF
k dao KDAO2011
6 years 7 months ago
Anyone else getting hysterical patients? They want to stop their biologic because they “know” they are going to get #COVID2019 . I tell them their risk of their disease flaring off med is 100% while their risk for the infection is <1%. What do you tell your patients? @RheumNow https://t.co/2I8kVlKLOC
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
6 years 7 months ago
Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) announced the appointment of S. Louis Bridges, Jr., MD, PhD, as the new Physician-in-Chief and Chair of the Division of Rheumatology, effective September 1, 2020. Dr. Bridges succeeds Mary K. Crow, MD https://t.co/TQ55jMOXHj
Fatigue is an important component of the disease experience in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and can have a profound impact on patients' perception of well-being, Italian researchers reported.
