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Rheums Win Big in 2021! According to the estimates from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), endocrinologists and rheumatologists are the big winners, at 17% and 16% projected increases, respectively https://t.co/I6etQZnFlv

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Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)

Sep 24, 2020
Doximity's 2020 State of Telemedicine report shows the top 10 specialties using telemedicine: 1. Endocrinology; 2. Rheumatology; 3. Gastroenterology, followed by Nephrology Cardiology GU Neurology Geriatrics Heme/onc Pulmonology https://t.co/J4Dt24ZlYg

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Sep 17, 2020
Dr Uma Mahadevan and colleagues have published guidelines for managing pregnancy in IBD patients. Rec coordinated care w/ maternal-fetal medicine subspecialist, GI doc, preconception planning, more on treatement https://t.co/oAFcGlOU2y

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Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)

Sep 10, 2020
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Durability of Total Shoulder Arthoplasty

Jack Cush, MD
Aug 27, 2020

A systematic review of the outcomes of total shoulder replacements (TSR), humeral hemiarthroplasties, and reverse total shoulder replacements finds that approximately 90% of shoulder replacements last for longer than 10 years with good patient-reported outcomes.



This metanalysis

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Highlight of this morning's telephone clinic: Instead of the usual goodbye, patient says 🗨️You do a good job! This means a lot to all of us trying our best to look after patients in this trying times😊 Thank you for your kindness!😀

Dr Ai Lyn Tan DrAiLynTan ( View Tweet)

Aug 17, 2020
NIH taps Dr. Lindsey Criswell as the New Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. She was the vice chancellor of research and a professor of rheumatology at UCSF. She begins in early 2021. Congrats!!

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Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)

Aug 07, 2020
Full read clinical practice guideline on obesity management from the Canadian Medical Assn Journal. https://t.co/YdbjtnBcST

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Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)

Aug 05, 2020
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Lovastatin Fails to Lower CRP and Activity in RA

Jack Cush, MD
Aug 04, 2020

Ridker and colleagues have shown that statins (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme-A (HMG Co-A) reductase inhibitors) are effective at treating hyperlipidaemia and lowering C-reactive protein levels; Aranaow and colleagues have shown that lovastatin, when given to rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

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Virtual Video Joint Exam Pearl #5: The worst/most ineffective Virtual visits done with the Patient (or MD) driving in their CAR for the virtual visit!! Amazingly I have had a half dozen of these & requested the patient pull over so I could deliver a rheum Citation.

Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)

Aug 04, 2020
The RheumNow Podcast is up - Top 13 Rheumatology Centers in the US; anakinra & colchicine in COVID, unload the loading dose, CB2 in Scleroderma.

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Aug 02, 2020
The only thing worse than bad covid research is a meta-analysis of bad covid research

Vinay Prasad VPrasadMDMPH ( View Tweet)

Jul 29, 2020
Important finding of marked lung fibrosis (scarring) after severe #COVID19 in 8 patients https://t.co/Akp6jVXmB9 @TheLancetInfDis (first complete pathologic description of this finding) https://t.co/QCuri3olgs

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Eric Topol EricTopol ( View Tweet)
Jul 29, 2020
I have a rheumatology joke but it’s painful https://t.co/TUj1nY4JD4

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Elizabeth Graef SituationRheum ( View Tweet)

Jul 29, 2020
Platelet Rich Plasma Versus Hyaluronic Acid in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: a Meta-Analysis of 26 randomized controlled trials #osteoarthritis #knee #PRP #HA metanalysis favours PRP! https://t.co/Z5Olucs3ku

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Peter Nash drpnash ( View Tweet)

Jul 29, 2020
Analysis of administrative health data (1984‐2016) on 12984 #RA pts shows RA w/ psychiatric comorbidities (depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia) had more additive visits (10.9), hospitalizations, hospital days (3.6), more drugs (7.3) & FP visits https://t

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Jul 29, 2020
Down syndrome-associated arthritis (DA) presents as a seronegative erosive polyarthritis. Besides an Avg 19-month delay in Dx, most are treated same as JIA but JIA agents are often poorly tolerated & less effective in DA.

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Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)

Jul 29, 2020
Full Read comprehensive overview of Cytokine Storm Syndrome in COVID-19. https://t.co/5hkzHG2zHy

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Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)

Jul 28, 2020
Here's our experience at @BostonChildrens in managing patients with MIS-C, as well as how to distinguish these patients from those with #kawasakidisease --> https://t.co/C0nesg40FD Just published in @jclinicalinvest #COVID19

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Jonathan Hausmann MD hausmannMD ( View Tweet)
Jul 23, 2020
FDA has issued draft guidance on Cannibis research: “Cannabis & Cannabis-Derived Compounds: Quality Considerations for Clinical Research, Draft Guidance for Industry,” outlines FDA’s current thinking on clinical research related cannabis-derived compounds https:

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Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)

Jul 23, 2020
Systematic review of 100 pts with statin-associated myopathy showed mean age 65 yrs, presenting w/ symmetric prox.

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Jul 22, 2020
One-third of hospitalized COVID-19 patients have evidence of pulmonary embolism by CT scan. Retrospective study 1477 hospitalized COVID-19 pts; diagnostic yield of Chest CT for PE was 37%, w/ higher Ddimer in PE pts. https://t.co/jxy7FF5143

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Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)

Jul 21, 2020
#Texas we REALLY need to #WearAMaskSaveALife ... 6 patients of mine have tested positive for #COVID19 in the last week. #MedTwitter @rheum_covid @COVID19Tracking

Mohammad A. Ursani MD, RhMSUS DrMAUrsani ( View Tweet)

Jul 19, 2020
Registry of COVID CNS complications reports 125 pts; 77 (62%) w/ Cerbrovascular event (57 ischemic CVA), 9 intracerebral hemorrhage, 1 CNS vasculitis. 39 w/ AMS, 9 encephalopathy & 7 encephalitis.

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Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)

Jul 17, 2020
Regeneron/Sanofi have reported their US phase 3 trial of Kevzara (sarilumab) 400 mg given to 194 critically ill COVID-19 patients, requiring mechanical ventilation, did not meet its primary and key secondary endpoints when added to supportive care.

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Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)

Jul 17, 2020
Who you gonna call? Fauci that's who. Listen to Fauci LTF! LTF!

Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)

Jul 13, 2020

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Rheuma-Yogi-ology

Kathryn Dao, MD and Deedre Morales
Aug 10, 2020
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Since the start of the pandemic, my emotions have swung like the pendulum of the hydroxychloroquine efficacy/inefficacy for COVID-19 debate. Stress has always been a part of my life, but it magnified with the recent events in our world. Dr. Lenny Calabrese had cited the benefits of mindfulness meditation to improve immunologic health and sharpen mental acuity. I had seen benefits in my patients, but never could do it myself. How can people meditate and strike a pose when there is so much to worry about?  Stress-eating seems so much more comforting!  Read Post

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