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✔️ STEP Talks from top rheumatologists
✔️ Lectures on the biggest clinical challenges
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
10 months ago
Worse Outcomes in HLA-B27+ JIA
Patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who carried the HLA-B27 genetic marker tended to have worse long-term outcomes, including lower rates of drug-free remission, in a prospective Scandinavian study.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
10 months ago
Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Hip Fractures
JAMA reviews the use of peripheral nerve block with hip fractures as an effective pain management strategy that can be performed by credentialed clinicians outside of the operating room.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
10 months ago
A comprehensive examination of the pathogenesis and recent advancements in Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). This condition results from autosomal recessive mutations in the MEFV gene, which codes for Pyrin, a crucial component of the NLRP3 inflammasome. These genetic https://t.co/XNV89LW893
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
10 months ago
A study in mice shows that JAK inhibition In mice model of status epilepticus (SE) didnt prevent initial SE but when did effect chronic phase of Sz weeks after SE induction of SE, suppressing seizures, and epilepsy-associated histopathological alterations. Sz suppression lasted https://t.co/GMIPCtoc7x
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
10 months ago
ACPA specificity and recognition motifs examined in 6,907 patients with RA from 5 Scandinavian cohorts. ACPA targeting non-glycine citrulline motifs assoc. more strongly w/ HLA-SE; ACPA to glycine citrulline motifs assoc. w/ smoking and IgA ACPA
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ACR_Journals @ACR_Journals ( View Tweet )
10 months ago
Autoimmune Disease Impact Report
Integrated Benefit Institute, a nonprofit independent research organization, has published its 2025 Autoimmune Disease Impact Report, which examines the health and productivity impacts of five prevalent and costly autoimmune conditions: https://t.co/TfXZti5NN3
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
10 months ago
The British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) guidelines 2024 for the management of Sjogren’s Syndrome. Summary slide of key recommendations. https://t.co/qBuCFM8MnX https://t.co/DYgGzAgISa
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Antoni Chan MD (Prof) @synovialjoints ( View Tweet )
10 months ago
Dr. Swamy Venuturupalli, a Community Practice Innovation Award recipient, is transforming telehealth in rheumatology! His project introduces an innovative app that empowers patients to examine their own joints—making high-quality telehealth a seamless part of care. https://t.co/R5M4jtVz5m
Rheumatology Research Foundation @RheumResearch ( View Tweet )
10 months ago
#Thrombocytopenia is common in #antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), and is likely associated with more severe disease. Although the pathophysiology underlying thrombocytopenia in APS has yet to be definitively revealed, mechanisms that play a role (at least in subsets of patients) https://t.co/pUXmb1irbw
Alberto Giraldo @alb_giraldo ( View Tweet )
10 months ago
THERE’S STILL TIME to join us for #SOTA25, April 4-6 in Chicago! Secure your seat TODAY for a weekend of #rheum education, connection, & innovation → https://t.co/DEmGVZO5Af https://t.co/1D2j2enA2X
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American College of Rheumatology @ACRheum ( View Tweet )
10 months ago
Of >105,000 participants with 30-year follow-up, only 9.3% achieved healthy aging (age 70, w/o any chronic diseases). Their diet was significantly associated with this outcome🧵 @NatureMedicine https://t.co/VHxmdLvoDe
Eric Topol @EricTopol ( View Tweet )
10 months ago


