Metanalysis of 87 studies shows predictors of #MTX response: early Dz, low dz activity, early MTX initiation, and absence of erosive disease. Smoking and higher BMI were linked to reduced efficacy. https://t.co/OfB09aHNOS https://t.co/4UiOgfW940

Obesity and Rheumatic Disease Presented as part of RheumNow's "The Obesity Imperative" campaign. https://t.co/d2fl4EJX8Q https://t.co/DpihLZz5Ch

QD Clinic: GLP-1s and History of Thyroid Cancer? Daric Mueller, PA-C, St. Clair Shores, MI, presents this case as part of RheumNow's "The Obesity Imperative" campaign, presented in September 2026. https://t.co/uob8RlMV14 https://t.co/f42gB0IXl1

Early RA Referral Clinics Work! An outcomes study from the Leiden Early Arthritis Clinic (EAC) has shown substantially less diagnostic delay and better long-term outcomes when patients are referred to EAC compared to usual referrals. https://t.co/6vGd0S0V1W https://t.co/2ATEMRhtMM

QD Clinic: Bariatric Surgery "Curing" Arthritis? Dr. Richard Conway, Dublin, presents this QD Clinic as part of RheumNow's "The Obesity Imperative" campaign, presented in September 2026. https://t.co/M6nKr9EShU https://t.co/6JX5bCYzfo

Obesity Journal Club: Tuesday Nite Rheumatology The Obesity Journal Club explores the TOGETHER PsA and STEP 9 trials and what emerging evidence tells us about the relationship between obesity, weight loss, and rheumatic disease. Panelists discussed the results of these trials, https://t.co/3C1RLyRj0b

Discussing Weight Loss: 3 Minute Script Dr. Jack Cush's 3 Minute Script as discussed in his Introducing Weight Loss video. https://t.co/JRWAPc5if5 https://t.co/NUpxPT4bdo

Indian study of 85 #RA pts in LDA or better (DAS28-ESR ≤ 3.2). W/ 6 mos F/U, 39 (46%) had 1+ RA flare (DAS28 > 3.2); time to flare 12 wks (8–18) unrelate to Dz activity. Predictors: seropositivity (HR 2-2.3) https://t.co/ifqeoPtxpx https://t.co/ltx64X55fd

Data presented at 2027 ASMBS meeting showed betw 2020-2024, wt loss surgeries dropped 23%, from 230,000 in 2022 to 177,000 in 2024. Less than 1% of eligible pts are now having weight-loss surgery https://t.co/UnYIIBDdnz https://t.co/FuwnOuBUeY

Weight Loss Improves Psoriatic Disease Substantially! Even before the introduction of incretin therapy and bariatric surgery, many randomized and interventional studies (2019–2026) have consistently showed that weight loss produces clinically meaningful, dose-dependent https://t.co/BWeW7fzSC8

A Day of Infamy (9.11.2026) Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from this past week on Rheumnow - including obesity, disappointing durability with GLP-1 drugs, AI diagnoses and worries about CV risk in ANCA-associated vasculitis. https://t.co/gzaqNz3i5k https://t.co/c8ShScutqC

Metanalysis 11 studies & 104277 gout & hyperuricemic pts shows erectile dysfunction is signif. increased (RR1.37; 1.14-1.65) related to lower testosterone & estradiol. Other factors: obesity, age, DM, CVD. https://t.co/1ufih2E3UN https://t.co/NgQuHt4vR1

Congratulations to Professor Christopher Goodnow, BVSc, MBBS, PhD (from UNSW Sydney) as he is the recipient of the German Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for 2027 base on his work in autoimmunity! https://t.co/uvfYfXTrh3 https://t.co/FgyOzTI8lb

Single center study of FALLs in 124 ambulatory RA females ≥50 yrs.(age 68 yrs, DAS28 2.6, sarcopenia 16%, prior fall 25%). 27.4% had falls; predicted by prior fall hx (OR 2.76, hypnotics/anxiolytics (3.92), not steroids or sarcopenia (NS trend) https://t.co/J62RPF9rQs https://t.co/OKxdPl5Oev

Chinese 52 wk study of XKH004, a novel, SC, humanized anti-17A/F in 323 active AS pts Rx q4 wks vs PBO. @ Wk 16, XKH004 was superior for ASAS40 (45.4% vs 19.4%; P<0.001), improved to 66% by wk 52. https://t.co/f7w41m4QZy https://t.co/5MPm388kau