RheumNow Podcast – #ACA: Ask Cush Anything (10.8.2021)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from this past week on RheumNow.com; plus questions & cases from viewers in (#ACA) Ask Cush Anything.
Obesity Rates Rise During the Pandemic
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that obesity rates have risen in the USA during the pandemic. Sixteen states have obesity rates of 35% or higher - that's four more than last year, adding Delaware, Iowa, Ohio and Texas to the list.
RheumNow Podcast – Jack of All Subspecialties (10.1.2021)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com
CDC Advises COVID-19 Vaccines for Pregnant Women
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Today, CDC issued an urgent health advisory to increase COVID-19 vaccination among people who are pregnant, recently pregnant (including those who are lactating), who are trying to become pregnant now, or who might become pregnant in the future to prevent serious illness, deaths, and adverse
RheumNow Podcast – I Wanna New Drug.V2 (9.24.2021)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com
My Personal Delta COVID-19 Breakthrough Infection
As many of you are aware, I have written and spoken on COVID-19 extensively over these past 20 months, and just last month wrote about the dangers of the delta variant. In July, things took an unexpected turn when I developed a breakthrough infection with the delta variant.
Worrisome Maternal Mortality with COVID-19 Infection
Maternal and fetal outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic have not been well studied; yet a new retrospective study from Mexico indicates that during the pandemic maternal mortality increased by nearly 57%, with COVID-19 as the cause in 23% of cases.
RheumNow Podcast – Do More DMARDs Mean More Switching? (9.17.2021)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports and takes cases and questions from rheumatologists.
Effect of Diet on COVID Outcomes
A smartphone-based symptom study of COVID-19 patients has shown that a healthy plant-based diet was associated with lower risk and severity of COVID-19, especially amongst those living in areas with higher socioeconomic deprivation.
RheumNow Podcast – High Science and Future Treatments (9.10.2021)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com
COVID Breakthrough Infections in Rheumatic Patients
Analysis of records from the Mass General Brigham healthcare system in the Boston area, shows that breakthrough infections (after receiving SARS-CoV-2 vaccines) in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) are not uncommon, and may be severe or fatal.
Not All Immunosuppression Alters Vaccine Immunogenicity
Chronic inflammatory disease (CID) patients are urged to receive the COVID-19 vaccines; but when a cohort of CID patients treated with immunosuppressive medications were given an mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, only those treated with glucocorticoids and B cell depleting therapies (B
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NY Times reports preprint article showing that taking Paxlovid w/in 5 days of COVID Test+ lowers risk of Long COVID Sxs by 26%. EMR study of 56,340 COVID pts w/ >= risk factor for severe infx; 9,217 Rx w/ Paxlovid had lesss post-Covid Sxs > 90D https://t.co/JyWEoJbUc7 https://t.co/xvTVNugwhJ
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2 years 5 months ago
The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 drives NLRP3 inflammasome activation (one of several reasons that patient may flare or activate after COVID-19 infection or vaccination?) https://t.co/92Z14bYaUD https://t.co/iEUSgPghtT
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2 years 5 months ago
Pre and post-COVID-19 assessment of 78 FM pts by Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire-Revised (FIQR). While COVID affected FM pts, there was no statistically significant change in FIQR scores (65% had no improvement or deterioration on FIQR) https://t.co/S1clBCvzWm https://t.co/ZApmgvKM2c
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2 years 5 months ago
1915 Rheumatic (RMD)pts w/ COVID (42% RA. 15% SLE, 1/2 comorbidities); Outcomes: 28% hospitalized, 8% to ICU & 4% died from COVID-19. Poor COVID-19 outcomes seen w/ age, male, Hi Dz activity, steroids & RTX, & 1+ comorbidity https://t.co/ztBiJc9nxV https://t.co/RVOKyjseFJ
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2 years 5 months ago
Health Canada has approved EVUSHELD to treat COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients (it was previously approved to prevent COVID) https://t.co/ePgd4DjTka https://t.co/whgSM3ce7Q
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2 years 5 months ago
Long COVID study (54 studies, 2 databases, 1.2 million pts) showed at least 1 in 3 reported Long COVID Sx clusters (fatigue, bodily pain, mood swings, cognitive or resp Sxs), more common in women <20 yrs, w/ duration 9 mos in Hosp pts https://t.co/vuJrpWizzr https://t.co/e58J8rctEC
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2 years 6 months ago
Dr. Jack Cush goes off on "Untitling" (not using proper names/titles) in the clinic, in addition to reports on rheumatologist salaries, new drugs in phase 1-3 development and the range of COVID-19 MSK symptoms -- all from the past week on RheumNow.
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2 years 6 months ago
Comprehensive full-read review of #Baricitinib trials in treating COVID-19. 24 studies (16 retrospective, 5 prospective, 3 case control) studies & 3 larged RCTs show Bari as 24-38% better than comparators/SOC (few showed no change in mortality) https://t.co/2svMMX4wDw https://t.co/zoSGGZJYui
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2 years 6 months ago
JAMA Oncology reports in 1st 10 mos of pandemic, 16,500 cancer pts died from COVID+complications; w/ signific more COVID-19-related cancer deaths than cancer deaths w/o COVID-19 in blood CA(23% v 10%) & prostate CA (12% v. 5.5%) https://t.co/036VU8H1vx https://t.co/tWh8749pTx
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2 years 6 months ago
COVID-19 Arthropathy and Myalgia
An online survey of random COVID-19 infected persons shows that arthralgia and myalgia are common consequences to COVID-19 infection.
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