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Dr Jack Cush takes questions from RheumNow listeners
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PIANO Study - Safety of Biologics in Pregnancy
The results of the long awaited PIANO study have been reported in the journal Gastroenterology, showing that pregnant women with IBD may safely receive biologic or thiopurine therapy throughout the pregnancy without substantial added risk to the unborn or mother.
Colchicine Approval Took a Huge Toll on CMS
MedPage Today
Colchicine, the old gout drug often cited as a cheap anti-inflammatory, hasn't been such a good deal since FDA approval, a study in JAMA Internal Medicine showed.
How are RA patients doing using telemedicine/virtual care?
Rheumatologists switched their practices overnight from primarily in person to nearly all virtual care as COVID-19 pandemic geared up in March 2020 and then to a blend of in person and virtual care. How are RA patients doing?
Racial disparities in Bilateral Knee Arthroplasty in Osteoarthritis
Although arthritis-related activity, disabling work limitations, and severe pain (which are indications for TKA) disproportionately impact African American patients compared to White patients, there are marked racial disparities documented in utilization and complications in unilateral total knee arthroplasty.
Measuring Disease Activity in PsA: Dr. Eric Ruderman
In this video, Dr. Eric Ruderman looks at abstracts #0884, #0323 and #0909, which focus on disease activity measurement in psoriatic arthritis, presented at the 2020 ACR Convergence meeting earlier this month.
The tantalising prospect of glucocorticoid-free treatments for systemic vasculitis
Glucocorticoids are a highly effective treatment in systemic vasculitis but are also a significant cause of long-term harm in the form of treatment related adverse events.
Pegloticase in Severe Refractory Gout
Listen as Dr. Petryna reviews abstracts #0683 (Pharmacokinetics of Pegloticase and Methotrexate Polyglutamate(s) in Patients with Uncontrolled Gout Receiving Pegloticase and Co-treatment of Methotrexate) and #0677 (A Multicenter, Efficacy and Safety Study of Methotrexate to Increase Response Rates in Patients with Uncontrolled GOut Receiving Pegloticase (MIRROR): 12-Month Results of an Open-Label Study) from the 2020 ACR meeting.
SpA: Etiology to Diagnosis to Treatment - An Abstract Roundup
Here's a review of ten abstracts and presentations on spondyloarthritis encompassing a wide range of topics from etiology to diagnosis to treatment.
New ACR RA Guidelines and Practice Changing Abstracts: RA Panel
Dr. Jonathan Kay leads an international panel discussion on the new ACR RA guidelines and several practice-changing abstracts presented at the 2020 ACR meeting. Panelists include Dr. Kathryn Dao, Dr. Eric Dein, Dr. Meral El Ramahi, Dr. Richard Conway and Dr. Sheila Reyes.
ACR20 - Autoinflammatory & Still's Disease Panel
This podcast features a discussion of autoinflammatory and Still's disease abstracts from virtual ACR 2020. Dr. Jack Cush is joined by a panel of experts including Drs. Olga Petryna, Bella Metha and Michael Ombrello.
Undifferentiated Autoinflammatory Syndrome Called VEXAS
Saturday's session on autoinflammatory syndromes featured Dr. Dan Kastner addressing - The Adult with Undifferentiated Autoinflammatory Disease.
Vaccination with Shingrix: Does it work for patients on JAKi?
Dr. Jeffrey Curtis examines abstracts #1997 and #0452 presented at the ACR 2020 annual meeting.
What’s new in knee osteoarthritis that matters?
Are intra-articular steroid injections effective in symptomatic knee OA? Do they accelerate cartilage loss? Does weight less actually help? Do we have DMARDs for knee OA? Insights from 2020 ACR Convergence.
