Sedentary Behavior Increases the Risk of Gout NHANES national survey study shows that sedentary behavior is an independent risk factor for gout, especially in those without hyperuricemia. https://t.co/LDhK3iDnrS https://t.co/z6I6tRw9Fr

A Modifiable Vascular Risk in SLE Atherosclerosis progression was more than 2x as common in younger people with SLE than in healthy controls in a prospective study from Greece. https://t.co/IibXiitVY8 https://t.co/XHBQcdcMAE

Italian study of 458 #RA pts shows 16% (71)meeting the EULAR criteria for difficult 2 Rx RA ( D2T-RA); unrelated to age, gender, seropositivity. BUT D2T-RA was assoc w/ erosions (24% vs 11%), obesity (33% vs 19%) & FM (25% vs 10%) https://t.co/w5mliNkfBT https://t.co/m65jk62wmh

Retrospectively review of 165 #EGPA pts, GI manifestations were assoc w/ Eosinophils > 19.5%, weight loss, & myalgia; & included abdominal pain (78%), diarrhea (40%), N/V (33%); GI hemorrhage (27%), ulcers (17%), obstruction (10%), & pancreatitis (6%) https://t.co/EzsGcFs2l2 https://t.co/mQrgjTG6NV

Calcinosis cutis affects 20–40% of systemic sclerosis pts - and nothing works! PRELIMINARY animal and invitro studies suggest that Citric acid is more effective than sodium thiosulfate in chelating calcium in a dissolution model of calcinosis https://t.co/AEJmW95vud https://t.co/3NnKjHQJtv

Best of 2024: Mixed Long-term Effects of Calcium and Vitamin D in Postmenopausal Women https://t.co/RxI1zlZ9YR https://t.co/vhsLi6HQAS

Small but useful open label RCT of MMF vs CYC vs TAC in SLE nephritis Surprisingly similar rates of remission at week 24... suggests TAC could be an option for induction? #ACR24 @RheumNow Abstr#0670 https://t.co/ug2ZzzSrGi https://t.co/O6r1e8ioO0

Best of 2024: SGLT2 Inhibitor Protective Effects in Lupus https://t.co/aNk5pgBpiJ https://t.co/C427ayULng

Best of 2024: Good Clinical Practice Recommendations on Glucocorticoid Withdrawal and Adrenal Insufficiency https://t.co/Fkn26crcNX https://t.co/LJVa0TApid

Full read JAMA ILD Review article. ILD= 33% idiopathic (IPF) + 15% hypersensitivity pneumonitis + 25% from CTD. 30% of ILD has cough Chest CT 91% sensitive, 71% specific 5% decr in FVC/12 mos assoc w/ 2-fold incr in mortality Rx options nintedanib or pirfenidone, TCZ, MMF, RTX… https://t.co/s5v3XD8QmC https://t.co/iP5yFWkQwb

Zhang @jeffsparks et al. Even more evidence that MTX does not cause ILD, and in fact prevents ILD, in RA, OR 0.48 in meta-analysis. @RheumNow #ACR24 Abstr#1384 https://t.co/w5G1dEF7Vm https://t.co/cyiQqGBf01 https://t.co/r909qqIh4V