Post-COVID MDs spend more time on EHR mostly messaging w/ patients, with a 157% increase from prepandemic average. Each additional patient message was associated with a 2.32-min increase in EHR time per day (P < .001), mostly messaging https://t.co/yfPM3vTmRo https://t.co/XVwC50CH2C

Naysayers & Disrupters Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past week - including a few contrary reports on infection, seropositivity and plasmapheresis. https://t.co/tm3V8U7pv4 https://t.co/R8U04urRXg

Autoimmune dz pts have higher risk of macular degeneration. Cleveland Clinic study of 200K AMD vs controls, finds: - SLE (RR 1.73) - Scleroderma (1.65) - Psoriasis (1.48) - Vasculitis (1.48) - RA (1.4) - UC &CD (~1.42) - Sarcoid (1.42) https://t.co/RKyriK1zPe https://t.co/9F7N1jHKxX

According to CDC, drug overdose deaths increased in 2022 - up to 107,941, ~1% higher than the nearly 107,000 overdose deaths in 2021. 70% of these are males. 2023 numbers are not yet final but appear to be stable... https://t.co/esTuwpp4YP https://t.co/Ap5XanllU9

CV Risk Early with Rheumatic Disease Diagnosis A Finnish populaton study shows that the temporal relationship between cardiovascular (CV) comorbidities in rheumatic diseases (RMD) is seen early after the RMD diagnosis. https://t.co/GlcVJdx7Ls https://t.co/VKp6Tgqkof

2023 EULAR Psoriatic Arthritis Recommendations EULAR has updated its treatment recommendations— The updated guidance includes 7 overarching principles and 11 recommendations regarding treatment strategy and pharmacological therapies. https://t.co/0hofxzGX9O https://t.co/FXOgEJ0P0F

Case of Delayed Rheum Diagnosis The Washington Post recently published a case titled, "Medical Mysteries: A rolled ankle set this runner down a painful path", which tells the tale of how/why rheums are often not consulted or consulted too late. https://t.co/Iigmf5jdDu https://t.co/mYYm5CEvtX

Research on SGLT2 inhibitors in #gout is needed. They have been shown to reduce uric acid & gout flares, and may be uricosuric or be antiinflammatory. Also decreased incident gout (by half) among at-risk patients with type 2 diabetes (HR 0.54) https://t.co/ZEmhwqyDOv https://t.co/58YKD6pFyt

Marketing research suggests that the global rheumatoid arthritis drug market was valued at USD $17.87 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach around USD 25.67 billion by 2032 https://t.co/w4ErmjtFNV https://t.co/5bmcVJ7zh4

Marketing research estimates there were 1,389,116 prevalent cases of Ankylosing Spondylitis in 2017 https://t.co/bn4QHBNxEd https://t.co/BN1aNvgebS

Chronic MSK Pain and Earlier Retirement Frequent musculoskeletal pain is linked with an increased risk of exiting work and retiring earlier, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE. https://t.co/wRKYjmtaAX https://t.co/n5HzbDNmGz

post hoc of the PEXIVAS study 704 participants w/ severe ANCA vasculitis: 92% achieved remission & 23% had relapses (rate 10.3/100PYs)-- Neither plasma exchange nor glucocorticoid tapering regimen impacted relapse risk. https://t.co/LKaqptWbxZ https://t.co/nOvE6BqYOl