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ICYMI: Consensus Against Interventional Injections for Chronic Spinal Pain

Jack Cush, MD

BMJ has published a clinical practice guideline resulting from the work of an international, multidisciplinary panel addressing chronic spine pain (≥3 months duration) not associated with cancer or inflammatory arthropathy. This is a chronic (not acute) spine pain guideline.

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POCUS of the lung can detect subclinical ILD and can be a useful, inexpensive, easy to perform screening tool for CTD-ILD. #EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/HC0skwUKQG
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A Review of Intracranial GCA A comprehensive review in Rheumatology on intracranial giant cell arteritis (icGCA) stresses that GCA is both an intracranial and extracranial large vessel vasculitis, with the former having unique presentations, and outcomes. https://t.co/NkN4gfcq3n
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MRI Lesions in Early axSpA vs Non-axSpA Dr. Adela Castro reports on abstract OP0310 presented at the 2025 EULAR meeting in Barcelona, Spain. https://t.co/sVWpyUT1IY https://t.co/wzobROoH1K

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ICYMI: Axial Involvement in Psoriatic Arthritis

Jack Cush, MD

Analysis of a Greek Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) cohort shows that nearly one quarter of patients have axial involvement, and among them, ∼30% have isolated spinal axPsA and nr-axSpA, respectively.

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AI Advances axSpA Diagnosis with Multimodal MRI Dr. Bella Mehta reports on abstract OP0307 presented at the 2025 EULAR meeting in Barcelona, Spain. https://t.co/fpgwQniSA5 https://t.co/EbT9v821xb

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AI in Early Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis Dr. Bella Mehta reviews abstract OP0343 - THE CLAUDICAITIO MODEL: ULTRASOUND IMAGE CLASSIFICATION IN GIANT CELL ARTERITIS BY APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - at the 2025 EULAR meeting in Barcelona. https://t.co/lJFuAgmSTH https://t.co/R1tbYpJ74o

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PCR: Prevalence, Cost, & Risk (6.27.2025)

Jack Cush, MD

Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from last week on RheumNow.com

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Aortic aneurysms w/ GCA. TriNetX study of 7,294 Bx-proven GCA vs 265,948 controls w/ tension HA. GCA had signif higher 5-yr risk of aortic aneurysms (3.59%; aHR 1.98), including thoracic thoracoabdominal & abdominal. Carotid A stenosis also incr in GCA (aHR 1.59) https://t.co/15fwlHa0FG
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A Review of Intracranial GCA

Jack Cush, MD

A comprehensive review in Rheumatology on intracranial giant cell arteritis (icGCA) stresses that GCA is both an intracranial and extracranial large vessel vasculitis, with the former having unique presentations, and outcomes.

A systematic review included 102

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Imaging in Axial Spondyloarthritis

Adela Castro, MD

The diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is clinical, however, there are still unmet needs, particularly in the diagnosis of early disease and evaluation of disease activity and progression. As imaging technology continues to evolve, its role in axSpA management is expected to expand,

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What we need in very early arthritis

David Liew, FRACP

It's easy to think that in our current world that we've done it all for rheumatoid arthritis, that there's nothing left to be done after b/tsDMARDs have become relatively widespread and accessible. If we aren’t satisfied that we’ve done all we can for our RA patients, how can we make their

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Predictors and Outcomes in Systemic Sclerosis The VEDOSS project has previously shown that 70% of patients with Raynaud’s phenomenon and at least one red flag – systemic sclerosis (SSc)-specific antibodies, puffy fingers, or an SSc pattern on nailfold capillaroscopy –will https://t.co/C4Pro6b0Jw
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The Value of Kidney Biopsy in Autoimmune Diseases Dr. Andrea Fava shares his perspective from the EULAR 2025 meeting in Barcelona, Spain. https://t.co/CA6Ak2scKb https://t.co/EK5wdpbzrl

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Vector borne diseases that result in arthritis will rise with climate change/ flooding risk - Chikungunya - Dengue - Zika - West-Nile Virus @RheumNow #EULAR2025 @bella_mehta https://t.co/CCOYqTjaXE
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EULAR 2025 – Day 3 Report Highlights from Day 3 included presentations on imaging in vasculitis, a debate on treating high-risk pre-clinical RA, and EULAR Recommendations on ILD treatment, physical activity for arthritis, the EULAR disease activity score for antiphospholipid https://t.co/FAaj443wPX
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Imaging and Early Detection in Psoriatic Arthritis At EULAR 2025, there have been new developments in imaging in PsA. Two key poster presentations (POS0104 and OP0179) provide important insights into the role of imaging in the management and early detection of psoriatic https://t.co/41fgXj5WnN
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Predicting Psoriatic Arthritis in Psoriasis: How Close Are We?

Nelly Ziade

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) affects approximately 30% of patients with psoriasis (PsO), and diagnostic delays are associated with worse prognosis, making early detection crucial. At EULAR 2025, several studies highlighted progress in prediction strategies. Here's my review of three of them.

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Clinical and Therapeutic Challenges in Connective Tissue Disease and ILD Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) and interstitial lung disease (ILD) represent a challenging intersection of systemic autoimmunity and progressive respiratory impairment. Research presented at EULAR 2025 https://t.co/jPAai9FLkb
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Toward Long-Term Prevention of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Are We Closer?

Jonathan Kay, MD

As earlier diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have resulted in greatly improved clinical outcomes, the focus of current research has now shifted to preventing the development of RA altogether. At EULAR 2025, several oral presentations explored this objective, highlighting data

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Nailfold Capillaroscopy correlated w/ cardiac ECHO in Systemic Sclerosis. NFC & ECHOs studied in 30 SSc pts. Systolic & diastolic dysfunction most common in late SSc NFC patterns. Cardiac dysfunction seen w/ low capillary density, avascular areas, cap neoangiogenesis https://t.co/M6uU6i5cW4
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#EULAR2025 Abstr#POS0318 Single timepoint assessment may not show true picture of #SLE control. Data from BILAG-BR registry using machine learning showed 6 trajectories with clinical meaning: -Nonresponse with high activity: dsDNA-ve & RNP+ -Response-flare: active MSK @RheumNow https://t.co/VrI8e4ONtM

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Psoriatic Arthritis at Risk for Interstitial Lung Disease A TriNetX EHR study shows that psoriatic arthritis (PsA), but not Psoriasis (PsO), patients are at increased risk for interstitial lung disease (ILD). https://t.co/2zuxF1PY3Q. https://t.co/Icck4qE76X

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#CAR-T in active #scleroderma #diffuse open label @sclerodermaUM presented improvement in #nailfold #capillary patterns Suggesting #vascular recovery Hope is for lungs, skin and survival to improve but These are ▶️ Early days ?risk OP0338 #EULAR2025. @RheumNow @eular_org https://t.co/QhmO6gekXk

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Genicular artery embolisation is like so many interventions in MSK medicine: early promise with smaller RCT & observational data, but the later, more robust data doesn’t show the same benefit. If you do meta-analyses of all these data, you mix good with bad #EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/K1tN9KX8rq

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CNS Lupus (NPSLE)

Jack Cush, MD
Cush RhTh CNS
29 yr. old woman with SLE and transverse myelitis. Is this NPSLE; how to diagnose? Read Post

Universal Imaging for GCA in PMR? Not So Fast

Michael Putman, MD, MSCI
Putman PMR RheumThought
For decades we've been screening GCA with a patient history and exam. Doing so with imaging would be a sharp departure from the current standard of care. And you may be asking yourself, well, yeah, but what could it hurt? Don't you want to catch GCA early?  Let me tell you the problems with this.  Read Post
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