Skip to main content

Articles By Jack Cush, MD

RheumNow Podcast square

Night Splinting for Carpal Tunnel (3.24.2023)

24 March 2023

Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from the past 2 weeks on RheumNow.com.  This week reviews clinical associations with SS-A, a new biomarker for SSc-ILD and cancer screening for myositis patients.

Read Article
RheumNow Podcast square

Faith and Miracle Larry

17 March 2023

This week on the podcast, Dr. Jack Cush recalls what life was like early on during COVID, from March to June of 2020.  During this time, his close friend, Larry, contracted COVID-19 and was hospitalized, intubated and put on mechanical ventilation for nearly 2 months.

Read Article
guidelines.recommendations.jpg

2022 EULAR Recommendations for ANCA-associated Vasculitis

16 March 2023

EULAR has published the 2022 update on recommendations for the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV).

Read Article
Pills_0.jpg

Polypharmacy Increased in Psoriatic Arthritis

16 March 2023

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is plagued by obesity, depression and increased comorbidities; now it appears that polypharmacy adds to the burden of managing PsA.

Read Article
DLE discoid lupus

A Pilot Trial of Anifrolumab in Discoid Lupus

15 March 2023

A research report in JAMA Dermatology describes the use of the type 1 interferon receptor inhibitor anifrolumab in patients with chronic discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE). 

Read Article
DMARDs,biologics,RA

Cost-Effective Use of Biological and Targeted Synthetic DMARDs

14 March 2023

An international task force of 13 European experts have developed evidence-based points to consider regarding the cost-effective use of biological and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs) in the treatment of inflammatory rheumatic diseases (including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis).

Read Article
joint.wrist_.pain_.CTS_.Carpal.jpg

Carpal Tunnel - Steroid injection vs. Night Splinting

13 March 2023

A prospective, pragmatic, open-label, randomized trial conducted by the UK National Health Service, studied interventions in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and found no advantage to either CTS corticosteroid injection (CSI) or night splinting (NS) as the initial treatment of CTS.

Read Article
RheumNow Podcast square

Big Time Vasculitis (3.10.2023)

10 March 2023

Dr. Jack Cush Reviews the News and Journal articles from the past week on RheumNow. This weeks highlights includes insights on scleroderma, myositis, vasculitis and answers the question - does aggressive biologic treatment of psoriasis prevent future psoriatic arthritis?

Read Article
myositis.jpg

Long-Term Survival of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

09 March 2023

A single center cohort study analyzed the outcome and survival of idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) patients and showed good 5 and 10 year survival but showed significant declined 15-25 years post-diagnosis.

Read Article
antibody (Keep)

Geo-epidemiology of Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis

09 March 2023

A multinational study of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients shows a variety of post-translationally modified anti-modified protein antibodies (AMPA). While AMPA differed in different ethnic populations, their levels correlated with total serum IgG.

Read Article
×