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My talk on Infection Prevention and Management with Newer Agents is one of more than 30 talks now available at RheumNow Live On Demand - and registration is free. #rheumed https://t.co/1jGiIQXvua
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 2 months ago
Medicare analysis shows Gout patients are twice as likely to have chronic pain (HR 2.02; 95% CI 1.98-2.05) and use of allopurinol or febuxostat was associated with a lower risk of chronic pain (HR 0.72-0.79) https://t.co/xW5rVPyC69
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 2 months ago
Discontinuing TNFi before wk 20 is feasible in RA and JIA pregnancy with well- controlled Dz. OTIS study of 490 women compared 25% who D/C TNFi before wk 20 vs 41% taking TNFi after wk 20. D/C TNF not assoc w/ clinical worsening in the 3rd trimester. https://t.co/J1qE3YZnHi
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 2 months ago
Literature review - 23 studies on Natural dietary supplement (NDS) use finds that worldwide 47% of RA pts use NDS, did not differ by geographic region, 47% found NDS to be effective, 13% had adverse side effects, & 30% informed their physicians. https://t.co/N2O16NxuxU
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 2 months ago
Study from Rheumatology tries to correlate topic, citations, downloads and Altmetric ratings in rheumatology and finds tweeting about your research does not appear to influence citations. https://t.co/Bez5Infcnf
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 2 months ago
Reactivation of latent CMV infection is rare in Rheum Pts. 14 pts described w/ febrile illness, on steroids (13), with coinfections (8), 4 died during hospitalization, tend to have longer hospitalizations (47 vs. 7 days), more coinfections (67% vs. 17%) https://t.co/pijtFv55Uq
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 2 months ago
Danish study of over 13,600 patients with psoriasis finds that after 5 years of follow-up, 2.6% developed psychiatri (depression, anxiety, bipolar disease, schizophrenia and dementia) problems; 5% after 10 years. https://t.co/wssLSxjbSe
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 3 months ago
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) were studied in 269 SLE registry (CLUES) pts and compared to California BRFSS controls. 63% had 1+ ACE & 19% had 4+ ACEs. Higher ACE levels assoc w/ worse patient-reported SLE activity, depression, and health status https://t.co/OtvecXh9ow
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 3 months ago
overall prevalence of low back pain among US workers is 26.4%, with 5.6% having severe LBP, according to May 14th Annals of Internal Medicine. https://t.co/5sfYFQWHyh
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 3 months ago
Public health study from Norway compares the top 1% richest and bottom 1% poorest found significant difference in life expectancy -14 years for men and 8 years for women. Similar USA study finds roughly the same as in Norway. https://t.co/h1QFZmgXaJ
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 3 months ago
PCSK9 inhibitors (ie, Repatha) can safetly be used in Statin-induced HMGCR+ myopathy pts . 8 pts given PCSK9 inhib for hyperlipidemia, showed no Sx worsening, CK levels dropped (956±1137 IU/L to 419±393 IU/L) & HMGCR Ab titers decreased; 2/8 improved https://t.co/iSuPz6ptBY
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 3 months ago
Studies argue about MTX efficacy in GCA; many calling for new RCTs at higher doses. A new real world study compared 83 GCA pts on MTX (13.5mg/wk) vs 83 controls showing signif. lower relapse rates with MTX (0.32; 0.24–0.41), but no change in steroid use https://t.co/aCrL4PILUM
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 3 months ago
When two people have respect and rapport, the one with certainty will influence or outperform the other. – Tony Robbins
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 3 months ago
The RheumNow Podcast is up! Watch it here https://t.co/fKvdmcuBtE or listen to the podcast on iTunes or SoundCloud https://t.co/IBOgZQvIiC
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 3 months ago
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