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Scleroderma – Thick and Thin
This week focuses on parodoxical psoriasis, scleroderma outcomes and subsets, and alopecia areata therapy.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 years 7 months ago
In Memoriam: Dr. K. Frank Austen (1928-2023)
Rheumatology mourns the loss of a historic leader in the field, Dr. K. Frank Austen, who died at his home in Maine on June 23, 2023, at the age of 95.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 years 7 months ago
Scary Outcomes with Systemic Sclerosis Sine Scleroderma
The hallmark of SSc is scleroderma, but less than 10% of SSc patients have ssSSc. A EUSTAR database review compared the manifestations and outcomes of ssSSC to lcSSc and dcSSc.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 years 7 months ago
Opioids Ineffective in Acute Lower Back and Neck Pain
A randomised controlled trial including 347 participants with lower back or neck pain found there was no benefit of taking opioid pain relievers compared to placebo.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 years 7 months ago
Remembering Dr. Naomi F. Rothfield - As one of UConn School of Medicine’s first women faculty, legendary internationally-renowned rheumatologist Dr. had a nearly 50 year career at UConn Health retiring in 2016. She passed away on Sunday, July 2. https://t.co/jUESbCySRR https://t.co/50inpx7xRW
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 years 7 months ago
Full read review of clinical trials in CTD-ILD, specifically looking at:
- Frequency of ILD in RA, SLE, SSc, Sjogr, PM/DM & Rx outcomes
- Results w/ RTX, MMF, CYC, IL-6i, nintedinib, pirfenidone, Stem cell transplant
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 years 7 months ago
Vedolizumab (VED) doesnt help SpA. Study of 39 IBD, half on VED, 17 w/ SpA (7 axial). 14 w/ periph. arthritis before VED, only 3 improved w/ VED. 3 pts on VED developed new arthritis/aglas. 6 Pts stopped for SpA (2) or IBD (4) worsening. https://t.co/uKArtikNMu
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 years 7 months ago
RT @drdavidliew : Autoimmune disease diagnoses slowly on the rise, despite reduced smoking - but that’s now 10% of the population, & many patients have more than one. Most are lifelong.
Surely this needs more investment??
CPRD data from the UK https://t.co/RuPZ0ys0xW
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 years 7 months ago
RT @bella_mehta : An interesting biomarker in #sJIA- helps differentiate it from other diseases, including infections and other inflammatory diseases! - kids with fever! serum calprotectin (MRP8/14) particle enhanced immuno-turbidimeteic assay (sCAL Turbi). 650 pts #EULAR2023
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 years 7 months ago
RT @Janetbirdope : What would you do? A middle aged woman has pain and impaired hand function with her PIP&DIP erosive hand #osteoarthritis? Exam - jts are tender w soft tissue swelling? #NSAIDs, #denosumab, #methotrexate? 🤷♀️ A +RCT of #MTX in #erosive #hand #OA at #EULAR2023
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 years 7 months ago
RT @Yuz6Yusof : #EULAR2023 #OP0143 Promising therapy. A Phase 2 RCT of Dazodalidep (CD40L-i) in #Sjogren showed significantly more patients on DAZ group met reduction in ESSDAI vs placebo. Interesting to see higher hurdle ESSDAI favored DAZ Group. Phase 3 RCTs are underway
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 years 7 months ago
Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of a JAKi in RA
How might long-term efficacy and safety data from a study of a JAKi in TNFi-IR patients with RA influence clinical decision making? Watch Dr. Stan Cohen discuss.
Sponsored by AbbVie US Medical Affairs
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2 years 7 months ago
