Annals of Internal Medicine has reported the results of a randomized clinical trial showing that telehealth-delivered exercise and diet programs improved pain and function in knee osteoarthritis patients who were overweight. While both were beneficial, exercise had a greater effect than die
In spite of the transformative growth of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, rheumatologys use of telemedicine is waning, much like the masks that use to be on everyones face.
It is almost a year since the Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine has been made available by the FDA under emergency use authorization (EUA). The question still being asked is whether the vaccine is safe for people with lupus?
Lupus is a disease that disproportionately affects minorities and patients of color. In the past worse disease activity, severity as well as outcomes have been described in African American and Hispanic patients.
The ACR 2021 meeting has concluded. Dr. Jack Cush recounts a few more great abstracts from this past week’s virtual meeting.
Abstract Numbers below:
Psoriatic arthritis
At day 3 of ACR Convergence 2021, the REDO trial presented data in abstract 1443 in an oral presentation challenging how low we can go with rituximab for rheumatoid art
My favorite three presentations from day 4 at ACR 2021 included the following:
Breakthrough Infections in Rheumatic Disease Patients
Hitting the home stretch, day 3 presentations were big! Here are a few of my favorites:
Secukinumab Efficacy in Enthesitis-Related and Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis.
The third day of ACR 2021 took a big leap in online content. Here is a compilation (with links) of presentations were the “ACRBest” as seen by our RheumNow faculty.
The RheumNow faculty reporters have been scouring and reporting on the best abstracts from the ACR. Here is a sampling of their choice abstract presentations reported during ACR 2020 Day 2 (#ACRbest).
The RheumNow faculty have been glued to their monitors all day, watching video, and running down abstract presentations to find the best – several of these stood out as #ACRBests. Here is a listing of “Best” they saw on Day 1.
The opening of ACR2 Convergence was a hit for all who signed up and viewed in. The day included the presidential address by outgoing president Dr. David Karp (UT Southwestern) and a keynote talk and interview with Dr. Seema Yasmin (Stanford).
TheDaoIndex @KDAO2011 ( View Tweet )
Catherine Sims, MD @DrCassySims ( View Tweet )
Links:
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
Links:
Links:
Links:
Links:
