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What Is Restless Legs Syndrome? JAMA Patient Education handout. https://t.co/fCqArVxrSu https://t.co/xjl0PTdgsu
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7 months 2 weeks ago
Nurse Practitioner Independence
A JAMA Viewpoint article reports on a March 2025 Nurse Practitioner (NP) Entrepreneurship Summit in Boston in March 2025 identifying barriers and opportunities to NP-owned medical practices.
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7 months 2 weeks ago
2024 Cardiology Income Survey - CV APP salary has incr 15% from 2019 -23, median=$123K - 50% of APP programs lead by an APP >90% work in outpt. clinics - 2/3 of prgs deploy APPs lipid & prevention management - 2 APPs for every 3 cardiologists https://t.co/gtdm5qN1qD https://t.co/cx2JUcw4U3
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7 months 2 weeks ago
German psoriasis registry PsoBest reports on 595 Rx w/ apremilast (417 APR monotherapy). Compared to Ptx Rx w/ other DMARDs/biologic drugs, APR pts higher age, more comorbidities. Nonserious AEs: ineffectiveness (14%), diarrhea (9%), nausea (7%), HA (6%). https://t.co/TviJmM7Fr9 https://t.co/tY89oHgUgV
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7 months 2 weeks ago
Evaluation of pts w/ muscle weakness and elevated muscle enzymes https://t.co/1Yn3OXXEH6 https://t.co/qsTr4U1xV7
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7 months 2 weeks ago
Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in Rheumatic Disease
A retrospective, cross-sectional, single-center study of adult rheumatic disease patients with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH), demonstrates a high proportion have coexistent pulmonary infection and significant mortality risk. https://t.co/K1fLo5iHpd
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7 months 2 weeks ago
Drugs that may cause toxic myopathy, presenting as muscle dysfunction w/ weakness and elevated muscle enzymes and possibly confused w/ idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) - full read review of mimickers of myositis. https://t.co/3wdLvkxcAX https://t.co/OqLjv45HXH
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7 months 2 weeks ago
Subcutaneous Anifrolumab in SLE
Manzi et al. have published the results of the TULIP-SC trial that showed that weekly subcutaneous (SC) anifrolumab, when given to severe SLE patients, had comparable efficacy and safety to the approved intravenous (IV) anifrolumab. https://t.co/ruZM3Qftxb
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7 months 2 weeks ago
Rheum Survey> 40 yoF RA pt on Prednisone 5 mg/d is at increased risk for ?
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7 months 2 weeks ago
RheumNow Live is 3 weeks away, and we can't wait to see you there!
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7 months 2 weeks ago
The 2025 Rheumatology Year in Review
The year 2025 presented numerous advances in rheumatology and related inflammatory and autoimmune disorders, ranging from several new groundbreaking FDA approvals/indications, drug developments, game-changing guidelines, and practices that https://t.co/gjNesm0AWO
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7 months 2 weeks ago
ANAs and Autoantibodies
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7 months 2 weeks ago
FDA & Administration are deregulating artificial intelligence & promote widespread use, includes use of wearables & other AI-enabled devices. Commissioner Marty Makary updated two guidance docs defining use general wellness devices, clinical decision support software https://t.co/KnkYqCiroa
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7 months 2 weeks ago
QD Clinic: Sjogren's Beyond the Dryness
Caitlin Hill, FNP, and David Maniscalco, MD, Santa Rosa, CA present this QD Clinic: Sjogren's - Beyond the Dryness.
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7 months 2 weeks ago
Advanced Practitioner Biologic Prescriptions for Psoriasis
Advanced practice clinicians (APCs; nurse practitioners and physician assistants) deliver a large share of US dermatologic care, accounting for 37% of clinicians and 27% of dermatology visits by 2020. A current JAMA https://t.co/3NtntmpSPV
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7 months 2 weeks ago


