From @NYTOpinion: CBD is being touted as the latest miracle cure. Enthusiasts rave about its supposed anti-anxiety, anti-inflammatory, antidepressant and anti-everything-you-don’t like effects. But does it work? https://t.co/yDuzeEh49t

Nice update and review of Vaccination issues in Rheumatology - featuring insights from Drs. Len Calabrese, Steve Lindsey, Jeff Curtis, Kevin Winthrop & Betsy Kirchner ANP. https://t.co/xDTiO9xpHS

According to Rheumatology Network there are 5415 Rheumatology providers (4997 Rheums, 228 NPs, 190 PAs) to manage 54 million with arthritis in the USA https://t.co/KIBCM8Jjd8

"Prednisone is the best drug we have, and prednisone is the worst drug we have"- Peter A. Merkel, MD

Not all symptoms merit a diagnosis or disease; some are just evidence of human imperfection

Twitter reach: scientists w/ less then 1000 followers are largely talking to peers; but if >1000 followers there's expanding diversity of followers. Thus scientists have the potential to use social media to widely educate & influence. https://t.co/pr0uf9RG0G

To order ANA test in FM or "pain AllOver" pts is wrong; to order more subserologies(dsDNA,RNP,Sm) should be criminal https://t.co/FMkOsiQrXr

Despite many excellent therapies, most patients with gout are not adequately managed, and patients and providers have many misconceptions about gout. Great review by Ted Fields, MD https://t.co/Njpo1225XP

When patients come to clinic with a list of questions, its best to address the whole list at the start, and not the end, of the visit. Now your putting patient priorities ahead of your MD priorities - isnt that what your paid to do?

“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.” ― Groucho Marx

PLEASE- stop trying Plaquenil, DMARDs, biologics in Hand OA - they dont work!!. My best regimen is: simple analgesics (acetaminophen 1950 mg qd) plus 2.5 mg prednisone, hand OT, and painful PIP/DIP immobilization with 2inch Cohesive tape x 14days https://t.co/I6JvgXuAo2

Should you accept gifts from patients? Yes! Accepting their gifts is the same as accepting their complements. Don’t shun them, don’t minimize them, be gracious and admit that the gift means a lot to you. @StGeorgesU White Coat Ceremony

In 90 seconds I can make a Dx, do Test, Rx a drug. But 40 yrs of medicine has taught me thats not what they want - they want to be heard/understood, a solution, hope - none of these are accomplished in 90 seconds