520 RA pts were screened with FibroScan (liver fibrosis)- F3 or F4 liver fibrosis seen 13.3% of controls vs 12.7% arthritis pts. MTX was not significantly correlated w/ higher FS scores. Liver stiffness was correlated w/ BMI, waist, male , age. https://t.co/nINWp8vbUu

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Dr. Kristi Kuhn & Univ of Colorado researchers have linked RA risk with the gut bacterium Subdoligranulum didolesgii. This could be pathogenically important and supports their "Mucosal origins hypothesis" to RA risk https://t.co/EMfNzWSPBK https://t.co/dp7p6vMI4W https://t.co/E1CBUPy2Wp

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In GCA, Hospital Admission Is Bad News 1/3 of patients admitted w/ GCA were rehospitalized within 6 months, largely because of complications potentially related to corticosteroid therapy, researchers found in a retrospective cohort study. https://t.co/zaWZn7F9sl https://t.co/OfuyZxNbaa

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ACP Recommends Bisphosphonates as Initial Therapy for Osteoporosis The guideline is based on a systemic review and network meta-analysis conducted by the ACP Center for Evidence Reviews at the Portland Veteran Affairs Research Foundation. https://t.co/Pbsjuh1Bto https://t.co/IwcH04LS4n