This week, Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news with special guest, Dr. Peter Nash. They discuss COVID Autoantibodies, SpA life expectancy, HCQ, extraarticular RA and our approach to Early RA referrals and pre-clinical RA.
Over the last few decades, the availability of biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs has revolutionized the treatment of RA, resulting in improved mortality and lower likelihood of joint deformities and disability.
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the wonderful wide world of Rheumatology. This week:
Research from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance included surveys and data gathering from rheumatology patients.
In 2018, Park et al showed optimal responses to influenza vaccination in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients was best achieved by holding methotrexate (MTX) for 2 weeks following immunization, with improved humoral responses.
Do abatacept, cenicriviroc, or infliximab improve time to recovery for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia compared with standard care?
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and reports from the past week on RheumNow.com. This week a new colchicine FDA approval, rising rate of IgG4 related disease and what's the safest biologic?
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from this past week on RheumNow.com. This week we delve into some odd associations, repeat drug warnings and the consequences of antirheumatic therapies.
This week on the Podcast Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles, including the risks of dying, developing RA or autoimmune disease!
Does King Charles have Sausage Digits (dactylitis) or OA? https://t.co/mRis21OWKH
Opportunistic and chronic infections may be rare and are often difficult to diagnose, especially in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRD), that may be immunocompromised.
Having their clinics shut down and patients staying away during the COVID-19 pandemic was bad enough for physicians' finances, but now a new study finds that, at least for rheumatologists, payments from industry dried up as well.
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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