SEC reduced SIJ bone marrow edema in active nr-axSpA pts. Majority of pts both in SEC and PBO arms showed no radiographic progression through 2 years. Abs 0921 #ACR21 #RheumNow @RheumNow https://t.co/yC2AZoacxF https://t.co/pjCL8HCanR

#ACR21 #Abstr0864 How does obesity (BMI=/>30) affect #lupus outcomes? Data from Toronto showed: 💠⬆️hs-CRP 💠No in disease activity over 3yrs 💠⬆️CV events (combination of low grade inflammation + hypertension) @RheumNow https://t.co/IBu8uNSAJi https://t.co/2aqz5e3rwi

Googling rheumatic diseases. On average google search lacked essential information to guide patient decisions. Websites on AS scored the highest on the DISCERN and RA scored the highest on JAMA @RheumNow #ACR21 Abst#0742 https://t.co/k2o2AqYEeh https://t.co/ZKljvA2f4O

Can patient with low dx activity SLE stop HCQ, or at least try and reduce the dose? Not if you want to avoid flares. If there are safer subgroups to try it in, we haven't found them yet (in fact higher dx activity➡️less risk ?other Rx) SLICC inception #ACR21 ABST0959 @RheumNow https://t.co/NS2V4dEGHv

Let's look at MI first. Well, the numbers don't look great for tofa here. fatal MI very small numbers non-fatal MI - well that doesn't look good (do we have combined both tofa doses vs TNFi?) HR > 2 seems less than ideal - this would represent a substantial RF #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/5HSXFrMJCu

🌞😎🍣 Vitamin D and Omega-3 FA ⬇️ Risk of developing autoimmune disease 1st prospective, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial Vit D 2000IU and/or Omega 3-FA 1000mg ⬇️autoimmune disease by 25-30% #ACR21 #ACRBest @RheumNow Abs#957 https://t.co/7dODuplg7e https://t.co/GUKhYXbSXU

Keep the Hydroxychloroquine! SLICC cohort eval flare risk in 1460 pts who⬇️or d/c HCQ: 👉pts in remission who d/c HCQ flared HR 2.77 (1.46,5.26) 👉pts in remission who⬇️dose flared HR 2.14 (1.34, 3.42) Abst#0959 #Plenary #ACR21 @rheumnow #ACRbest https://t.co/92U215s8IP

Controversial from John Stone at #ACR21 . Any thoughts @docrota @drhectorchinoy ? @RheumNow https://t.co/vBnolnQ7WV

Clinical Pearl at #ACR21 from Dr. J. Stone: ⭐️Tissue biopsy is not essential in diagnosing IgG4-related dz in a pt w/ a typical pattern of retroperitoneal fibrosis. ⭐️Periaortitis ("coated" aorta) w/ "hairy" kidney is NOT IgG4 but rather Erdheim-Chester Dz #ACRBest @Rheumnow https://t.co/2tB9p3c7W7