RWCS Meeting Begins Today
The 11th annual meeting of the Rheumatology Winter Clinical Symposium (RWCS) begins today (2/7) and runs through Saturday (2/10) and features a premiere faculty delivering state-of-the-art lectures.
The RheumNow Week in Review - 2 February 2018
Dr. Jack Cush reviews highlights, news and recent research published this week on RheumNow.com. This week's report includes rising epidemiologic numbers, vaccine updates for H.
The RheumNow Week in Review - 26 January 2018
The RheumNow Week in Review discusses the past week's news, journal articles and highlights from RheumNow.com.
Obesity Outweighs Psoriasis in Comorbidity Risk with Children
Like their adult counterparts, psoriasis in children is an independent risk factor for comorbidity, but not as much as obesity.
Problems with Biologic Drug Storage
Is your patient’s refrigerator the problem with the inefficacy of biologic therapies?
Prevention of HBV Infection: How Are We Doing?
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a large cause of morbidity and mortality in worldwide despite it being preventable through screening and vaccination.
Salt Drives Gut-Brain Connection via IL-17
A study from Nature Neuroscience shows that a high salt diet may mediate neurovascular disease by altering microbiome and the expansion of TH17 cells in the small intestine, thereby increasing plasma interleukin-17 (IL-17) and its subsequent effects on endothelium in the brain.
B Cell Changes Predict Autoimmunity with Checkpoint Inhibitors
The Journal of Clinical Investigation reports results of a study showing that increases in CD21lo B cells and plasmablasts following that combination checkpoint blockade (CCB) preceded the onset of immune-related adverse events (IRAEs).
Advantages of Intravenous Pulse Cyclophosphamide in ANCA-associated Vasculitis
Researchers from the Nottingham University Hospitals have analyzed the efficacy and safety of oral (PO) and intravenous (IV) cyclophosphamide (CTX) in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) patients and demonstrated a trend for fewer relapses, better 1 year survival and less toxicity w
The RheumNow Week in Review - 15 December 2017
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news from the past week on RheumNow.com. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud.com.
FDA Approves Mepolizumab for Churg-Strauss (EGPA)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved use of Nucala (mepolizumab) for use in treating adults with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), previously known as Churg-Strauss vasculitis. This is first FDA-approved therapy specifically to treat EGPA.
The ACR17 RheumNow Week in Review - 1 December 2017
Dr Jack Cush reviews nighlights and news from the past 2 weeks on RheumNow.com. This week's report includes new drug approvals, disappointing ACR guidelines, Lyme & Zika, infertility, dermatomyositis skin outcomes and myositis-associated cancer testing.
Social
The preliminary #ACR20 schedule is here! Along with all your favorite plenary and networking sessions, the program will feature #Rheumatologist Dr. Anthony Fauci giving us a live update on #COVID19. @ACRheum #ACRConvergence - Where Rheumatology Meets
https://t.co/IWbiVw9PSP
Victoria Shanmugam @VickiShanmugam ( View Tweet )
5 years 2 months ago
JAMA Internal Medicine reports that the number of hydroxychloroquine prescriptions increased from 367,346 to 683,999 (86.2%) from February to March 2020, and chloroquine prescriptions increased 158.6%, rising from 2,346 to 6,066 prescriptions. https://t.co/3MKsu5mOpx
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 2 months ago
Rheumatology Round-Up from #EULAR2020 w/ Drs. Kavanaugh & Cush. Watch it on RheumNow https://t.co/5v9BTuLrPX or listen to the podcast on iTunes https://t.co/FHJv01AAbC or on Android Sound Cloud https://t.co/nb7iXdRMMb
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 2 months ago
Increased rate of hospital #COVID-19 cases associated with some but not all chronic #inflammatory or #autoimmune conditions compared with reference population.
The risks seem to depend on age, the specific disease and previous therapies.
https://t.co/8j6R0oO99y https://t.co/n3cEXFx9Kk
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ARD & RMD Open @ARD_BMJ ( View Tweet )
5 years 2 months ago
Global prevalence of juvenile idiopathic arthritis is ~ 2,069,246 < 16 year olds compared with a prevalence of ~ 206,931 < 16 year olds with juvenile SLE. JIA is 10 times more prevalent than lupus in children < 16yrs. https://t.co/2xvhg59c1J
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 2 months ago
Retrospective study of 2369 patients with Kawasaki disease examined different doses of aspirin showing lower ASA doses of 20–29 mg/kg/day was as effective as 30–50 mg/kg/day in preventing coronary artery aneurysms with no change in IVIG resistance https://t.co/kJgkSSpjyw
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 2 months ago
#EULAR2020 Round-Up w/ Drs. Kavanaugh & Cush. Watch it on RheumNow https://t.co/5v9BTuLrPX or listen to the podcast on iTunes https://t.co/FHJv01AAbC or on Android Sound Cloud https://t.co/nb7iXdRMMb
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 3 months ago
Rheumatology Round-Up from #EULAR2020 w/ Drs. Kavanaugh & Cush. Watch it on RheumNow https://t.co/5v9BTuLrPX or listen to the podcast on iTunes https://t.co/FHJv01AAbC or on Android Sound Cloud https://t.co/nb7iXdRMMb
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 3 months ago
Here's the data for GCA (even though labelled PMR) using the same methods, both looking at first 1y.
Here's what gets me - it's obviously worse, but not that much worse... everyone's looking for steroid-sparing agents in GCA, but PMR's left behind?
OP0275 #EULAR2020 @RheumNow https://t.co/YWkNBVitGa
David Liew @drdavidliew ( View Tweet )
5 years 3 months ago
Behcet's ulcers can be a real pain.
I've heard pentoxifylline gel be discussed before, here's some early data to back it up (need bigger trial).
Tastes terrible, though - so maybe this?
https://t.co/TrSlIKdWX3
(or a commercial prep might solve it)
SAT0260 #EULAR2020 @RheumNow https://t.co/lvDY39ZbIH
David Liew @drdavidliew ( View Tweet )
5 years 3 months ago
