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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 6 months ago
The Weekly RheumNow Podcast is up - FDA hearings, anakinra in crystal arthritis, SSc renal crisis predictors & lower mortality in lupus nephritis. Watch here https://t.co/Ph5IK9syqw or listen at iTunes or here https://t.co/EVBAszEb9J
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 6 months ago
For what reason have you "fired" or discharged a patient from your clinic
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 6 months ago
Curious, mind-bending Rheumatologists who like to teach....go to https://t.co/4UQlqwujiR
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 6 months ago
CDC reports that opioid overdoses are more likely to kill Americans than car crashes. Themotor vehicle death rate =11.5 per 100,000 in 2017 (use to be 15.2) vs opioid overdose deaths of 14.9 per 100,000 in 2017 (up from 2.9 in 1999). https://t.co/n8cFgvKyGu
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 6 months ago
CARRA legacy registry of 631 pts with Juvenile Dermatomyositis finds 13% with current or past calcinosis; Calcinosis was associated with longer durations of disease prior to Dx, lipodystrophy, joint contractures, and treatment with IVIG or RTX https://t.co/x8NstBdptc.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 6 months ago
For what reason have you "fired" or discharged a patient from your clinic
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 6 months ago
A scleroderma/Raynauds patient just showed us her favorite XMAS gift - an Electric Hand Warmer - you can buy these on Amazon for $15-30. Very Cool!! https://t.co/My06QzcHhj
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 6 months ago
Contraceptive surveys of 164 arthritis pts(138 Rheumatoid;26 Psoriatic) finds one-third (32-35%) using highly effective contraception; 31% using effective methods; but ineffective methods in 35.5% RA & 11.5% PsA and no contraception in 1.5% RA & 23.1% PsA https://t.co/gGBtL2z1FK
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 6 months ago
Outside of work, rheumatologists are the happiest... what about while working? https://t.co/rnVWiXSx1f
Dr. Rachel Tate @uptoTate ( View Tweet )
7 years 6 months ago
Who thought this was possible? Numbers suggest this is rare. Tis wrong to use this to forge ahead with an unlikely PMR dx in the face of a normal CRP/ESR; but will you go so far as to order the expensive FDG-PET? https://t.co/RTkiUXO7lX
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 7 months ago
Vote now on this: https://t.co/j2Dfjdpuat
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 7 months ago
Today Jan 16th the FDA advisory comm will review the CV safety of anti-sclerostin drug Evenity (romosozumab). July 2018 the FDA issued a complete response letter for CV safety concerns. Amgen seeks indication for use in postmenopausal osteoporosis. https://t.co/IRr1nKJ43s
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 years 7 months ago
As always for travelers with fever and joint pain consider endemic viral and other infections, travel risk exposure including STDs and of course merely coincident diseases ( i.e. anchor heuristic) to make the right dx @medicalaxioms @RheumNow @CCalabreseDO https://t.co/ToMZkMI1vB
Leonard Calabrese @LCalabreseDO ( View Tweet )
7 years 7 months ago
RA risk increased up to fivefold among patients with high CCP levels https://t.co/6VCMEsqx1p
Jeff Sparks @jeffsparks ( View Tweet )
7 years 7 months ago
