RheumNow Podcast – Mistakes with Steroids
Apr 08, 2021
Dr Jack Cush gives his spin on this week's RheumNews and Rheum Research from RheumNow.com.
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News Feature: Actemra FDA Approved for Systemic Sclerosis Interstitial Lung Disease
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Mar 14, 2021
Actemra FDA Approved for Systemic Sclerosis Interstitial Lung Disease
Mar 08, 2021
Genentech announced Thursday that the US Food and Drug Administration approved tocilizumab (Actemra) for the treatment of Systemic Sclerosis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD), specifically indicated for slowing the rate of decline in pulmonary function in adults SSc-ILD.
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News Feature: Actemra FDA Approved for Systemic Sclerosis Interstitial Lung Disease
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Mar 07, 2021
RheumNow Podcast – Pounds of Prevention (3.5.2021)
Mar 04, 2021
Dr. Jack Cush reviews and discusses nearly a dozen news reports and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com.
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QD Clinic: PFAPA Syndrome
Recurrent Fevers, Stomatitis, Lymphadenopathy ?
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Mar 01, 2021
Systemic Sclerosis is 5 times more prevalent in women than men. Analysis of epidemiology studies shows SSc prevalence as 17.6 per 100000 and pooled incidence of SSc was 1.4 per 100000 PYs. https://t.co/RyVIBUWyen
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Mar 01, 2021
RheumNow Podcast – Sweet Lies or Hard Truths? (2.26.2021)
Feb 26, 2021
Dr. Jack Cush reviews and discusses the news and Journal reports from the past week on RheumNow.com.
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A woman w/ Raynauds, puffy fingers, nailfold capillary changes, abundant mat telangiectases consistent with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis. Telangiectasias can be on skin, oral mucosa, GI tract & may associate w/ pulm HTN. https://t.co/FcL4VHMpmM
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Feb 25, 2021
New Video: Dry Eyes and Tripping Over Tires
RWCS 2021 Poster Session by Dr. Faizan Ahmad
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Feb 24, 2021
Lung Preservation with Tocilizumab in Early Systemic Sclerosis
Feb 21, 2021
Arthritis & Rheumatology has published the results of a subanalysis from tocilizumab (TCZ) clinical trials showing that Il-6 inhibition was associated with preservation of lung function patients with early systemic sclerosis (SSc).
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RheumNow Podcast is now up! Systemic Sclerosis Pearls
Dr. Jack Cush reviews nearly a dozen news and journal reports from the past 2 weeks on https://t.co/fxtCOkxTER,
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Feb 20, 2021
RheumNow Podcast – Systemic Sclerosis Pearls (2.19.2021)
Feb 18, 2021
Dr. Jack Cush reviews nearly a dozen news and journal reports from the past 2 weeks on RheumNow.com, including the ACR's new COVID-19 vaccine guidance for patients with rheumatic disease.
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Study of Systemic Sclerosis patients from the EUSTAR database: shows of the 144 with anti-PM/Scl+ Abs, there was an increased risk of muscle involvement, ILD, calcinosis and dermatomyositis; muscle involvement had a more severe disease phenotype. https://t.co/ORA2y1BWgn
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Feb 15, 2021
Dry Eyes and Tripping Over Tires
RWCS 2021 Poster Session by Dr. Faizan Ahmad
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Feb 13, 2021
Systemic Sclerosis Rapid Onset Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis
RWCS 2021 Poster Session by Dr. Jason Melehani, Stanford University
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Feb 12, 2021
Johns Hopkins & UCSF Scleroderma pts tested for Abs against telomerase & shelterin (TERF1); while rare in RA, myositis, controls; TERF1 Abs seen in 9% of SSc & assoc w/ severe lung disease (OR 2.4) & shorter telomere length. (TERF1 found in 7% of IPF) https://t.co/e5ai8uO4kK
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Feb 09, 2021
RheumNow Podcast – Rheumatology Burnout (1.29.2021)
Jan 28, 2021
Dr. Jack Cush reviews this past week's journal articles and news features on RheumNow.com. Colchicine, vaccine rollout, risk of RA in endometriosis patients, tREACH trial, lupus nephritis news, rheumatology burnout and more.
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Osteitis in Systemic Sclerosis is UNCOMMON. French study of 48 pts shows 54% w/ osteitis beneath digital tip ulcers. Pain (75%), erythema (73%), warmth (73%) & 65% had high CRP. X‐ray, CT‐scans or MR. Antibiotics were 1st line therapy. https://t.co/o58gwq2SCC
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Jan 23, 2021
2020 Rheumatology Year in Review
Jan 14, 2021
2020 was historic, memorable and game-changing. Under the cloud of COVID-19, there were many significant and memorable advances and setbacks for the rheumatology world. In our accounting of most read articles for 2020, (not surprisingly) 17/20 were COVID-related. Below, are our top news items
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#BestACR20Tweets
RT @ATSCPAssembly : Dr. Dinesh Khanna ( @sclerodermaUM): In post-hoc analysis of focuSSed trial of tocilizumab vs. placebo, disease duration, male gender, elevated acute phase reactants, and anti-SCL-70 Ab have a larger beneficial effect on FVC in early SSc-ILD.
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Dec 26, 2020
Systemic Steroids Seldom Flare Psoriasis
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Dec 11, 2020
#BestACR20Tweets
RT @ejdein1 : Dr. Khanna NOVESA study #ACR20 Abst#L09. Autotaxin inhibitor ZIRI in early dcSSc. 21 pts ziri vs 12 PBO. mRSS at Wk24 mean difference -2.8. Ziri well-tolerated. Would be great for new drug for early SSc skin. @RheumNow. https://t.co/TOS9fp4gGK https://t.co/4SDisedzs3
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Nov 30, 2020
#BestACR20Tweets
RT @TheLancetRheum: Results of the NOVESA phase 2 trial of Ziritaxestat in patients with diffuse cutaneous #SSc presented by @sclerodermaUM at #ACR20
Improvements in mRSS and ACR-CRISS with Ziritaxestat, but not in lung outcomes. https://t.co/GCZj64i86c https://t.co/Pd6qGEGOev
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Nov 27, 2020
Quick Read: Systemic Sclerosis and Physical Therapy. by Dr. Sheila Marie Reyes ( @RHEUMarampa). #ACR20
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Nov 12, 2020
Recent Blogs
Will the results of two recent large scleroderma lung studies finally inform us on how to manage interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis?
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