SLE Perspectives: Past, Present, Future
From fellowship through current times to looking ahead to the future, here are my lupus perspectives.
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A brief history of familial Mediterranean fever - FMF is most common periodic fever syndr. an inherited polyserositis mainly affects Arabs, Armenians, Jews, & Turks. Hx may date back to 1802 & Heberden. Osler described 11 cases in 1895. 1st clear report 1945 by Siegal 10 pts. https://t.co/61WOxt9fPy
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TONIGHT! Tuesday Night Rheumatology: 🔓 Lupus Unlocked: Cutaneous SLE
Join us for a discussion of the diagnosis, management, and latest insights into cutaneous manifestations of SLE.
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Vitamin D Headlines (5.9.2025)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news, journal reports and lupus highlights from the past week on RheumNow.com. Triple positivity, the gut and CRPS, and hope for better outcomes with Vitamin D therapy.
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Tuesday Night Rheumatology: 🔓 Lupus Unlocked: Cutaneous SLE
Join us for a discussion of the diagnosis, management, and latest insights into cutaneous manifestations of SLE.
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Dr. Matilda Nicholas
Dr. Anthony Fernandez
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Keys to Mastery (5.2.2025)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news, articles and drug approvals from the past week on RheumNow.This podcast marks the beginning of our Lupus Campaign called "Lupus Unlocked: Keys to Mastery". This month's campaign on Lupus is sponsored by Aurinia. https://t.co/ke0XaJJJX5
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45 southern African American SLE pts compared to multiethnic cSLE, AA pts had signif higher Dz activity & greater damage accrual. Their mean SLICC score was 8.4, SLEDAI 13, but was 7.4 @6 mos & 4,7 @1 yr. They traveled an avg distance 75 miles to see Rheum https://t.co/R8WimzY0Az https://t.co/1lOJpjO2SY
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Rheumatologist Survey: What do you rely on to diagnose neuropsychiatric lupus (cerebritis)?
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"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity."
–Amelia Earhart https://t.co/ANVIvID8qj
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RHEUMATOLOGIST Survey: What are your contraindications tor renal Bx?
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RHEUMATOLOGIST SURVEY: Which Lupus patients should undergo renal Bx?
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Inflammatory vs. Noninflammatory Pain
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EULAR Guidelines on Reproductive Health
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Rheumatology patients considering or actually having babies can safely take most of the medications currently used to treat their conditions, according to an updated guideline from the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR).
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Rheumatology: Believe It or Not (4/25/2025)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow. Should we believe the reviews and metanalyses?
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RHEUMATOLOGIST SURVEY: Which Lupus patients should undergo renal Bx?
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RHEUMATOLOGIST SURVEY: Which Lupus patients should undergo renal Bx?
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🦋 This May, RheumNow brings you Lupus Unlocked – Keys to Mastery
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Full read review of falls and fragility fractures in the elderly. https://t.co/WuQ6oIKTH0 https://t.co/fXnZFxaO28
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Vitamin D for Prevention of Disease
JAMA has published a clinical guideline on the use of vitamin D to prevent disease in children and adults. Guideline committee experts, included adult and pediatric endocrinology, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, nutrition, and epidemiology) advise that healthy nonpregnant persons
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ACR & Arthritis Foundation Denounce the Dismantling of Vital Health Programs
Arthritis Foundation and ACR
As organizations representing nearly 60 million adults and children living with arthritis in the United States and the rheumatologists and health care professionals who treat them, we are deeply alarmed by this week’s dismantling of multiple branches of the Centers for Disease Control and
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Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan https://t.co/VQTvdtm9cw
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Genetic Sequencing in Rheumatology
Genetic sequencing as a research and diagnostic tool has expanded in medicine and rheumatology. An interesting review in Arthritis and Rheumatology suggests that despite currently modest use, there will be an expanded role for genetic sequencing in the field of rheumatology.
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✅ T2T in #Lupus 👀 ⬇️⬇️
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Our Chief Medical Editor Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, (@LCalabreseDO) shares his reflections on the book: Masterclass in Medicine: Lessons from the Experts
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