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7 years 7 months ago

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a very uncommon complication of Adult onset Stills disease - 4.8% of 41 AOSD pts developed PAH - often severe, with a mortality risk. https://t.co/XjyVArMNBl

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7 years 7 months ago

The Downside of social media for patients: 1. if substituted for in-person support, 2. Misinformation, 3. Financial exploitation, 4. Information overload, 5. Compromised privacy https://t.co/FtPUkZespC

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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )

7 years 7 months ago

Social Media Benefits for patients: 1. Promotes engagement and empowerment 2. Provides psychosocial support, 3. informational support, 4. improves MD-patient relationship, 5. linical trials and cancer research education https://t.co/FtPUkZespC

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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )

7 years 7 months ago

Eli Lilly has announced that FDA has granted Fast Track designation to baricitinib, to be studied for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This drug is NOT FDA approved for lupus https://t.co/vK7i6AoKab

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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )

7 years 7 months ago

Congratulations to Professor Iain McInnes - he is one of the Queen's New Year Honours in Scotland, as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for his services to medicine. https://t.co/15bIELJiEj

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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )

7 years 7 months ago

Full text review of psoriatic arthritis for NPs and PAs https://t.co/hlLKLAQ9ZX

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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )

7 years 7 months ago

Abbvie has submitted its new JAK inhibitor, upadacitinib, to the FDA and EMA for consideration in moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis https://t.co/49GspIEeYN

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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )

7 years 7 months ago

Best wishes for a charmed 2019! My advice: 1. Just show up. 2. If you can, then you must do. 3. Live each day as if it twas your 1st day/last day/make or break day. 4. Teach

Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )

7 years 7 months ago

“Never turn down an opportunity and don’t be afraid to address your failures”. - NFL great, Michael Strathan

Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )

7 years 7 months ago

"I'm addicted to placebos. I'd give them up, but it wouldn't make any difference." - Steven Wright

Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )

7 years 7 months ago

Yet ~100 fellowship applicants did not match this year. Need creative ways to fund training programs including NP/PA. @RheumResearch has opportunities. https://t.co/acT1qew3pG

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Dr. John Cush on Twitter: "According to Rheumatology Network there are 541…

David Karp @DrDavidKarp ( View Tweet )

7 years 7 months ago

More than half of older Americans have "basic" or "below basic" health literacy. How do you make health care decisions when you don't even understand what the doctor is saying? https://t.co/8b3nLT6wMi

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https://nyti.ms/2EVoc2E

NYT Health @NYTHealth ( View Tweet )

7 years 7 months ago

Hearty congratulations to Prof Iain McInnes CBE for being recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours for services to medicine! Well deserved recognition 🎉 https://t.co/gJFVjuJHEC

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https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_627899_en.html

RACE GBN @Racegbn ( View Tweet )

7 years 7 months ago

Check out the @ACRheum's comments about the Trump administration's proposed model to lower prices of drugs provided in clinics & infusion centers Though I was skeptical @ first, I'm grateful to the administration for listening to rheumatologists's ideas: https://t.co/vvjaeaF40I

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https://www.rheumatology.org/Portals/0/Files/ACR-Comments-IPI-Advance-Notice.pdf

Angus Worthing MD @AngusWorthing ( View Tweet )

7 years 7 months ago

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