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Articles By Jack Cush, MD

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RheumNow Podcast with Special Guest Dr. Michael Weinblatt (9.22.2023)

22 September 2023

Dr. Jack Cush is joined by Dr. Michael Weinblatt as they discuss this weeks news and journal reports, including difficult RA, HLA typing and abatacept responses and new regulatory decisions. 

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TNR: Decisions in Methotrexate

20 September 2023

This Tuesday Night Rheumatology panel discussion on "Methotrexate Decisions" features Drs. Michael Weinblatt, Grace Wright, Richard Conway and Joel Kremer.

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RA Associated Cancer Risk

19 September 2023

A large cohort analysis of insured rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients reveals that RA patients have a 1.69 to 2.08 fold higher risk of developing cancer, especially lymphoma or lung cancer, within 1 year of RA diagnosis.  

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Machine Learning May Diagnose Psoriatic Arthritis Earlier

18 September 2023

A machine learning approach was applied to two different population cohorts and was shown to be effective at the early identification of undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

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RheumNow Podcast – with Special Guest Dr. Peter Nash (9.15.2023)

15 September 2023

This week, Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news with special guest, Dr. Peter Nash. They discuss COVID Autoantibodies, SpA life expectancy, HCQ, extraarticular RA and our approach to Early RA referrals and pre-clinical RA.

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TNR: Early RA - Referrals and Treatment

13 September 2023

This Tuesday Night Rheumatology was an hour long panel discussion featuring Drs. Jack Cush, Vivian Bykerk, Glen Hazelwood and Martin J. Bergman. The​ Panel discussed Rheumatologists ​views on Early RA referral and intake, initial treatment preferences and views on diagnosing and treating pre-clinical RA.

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RA Extra-articular Manifestations Declining

12 September 2023

A Mayo Clinic population based cohort study shows the extraarticular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (ExRA) have declined with time; but the increased mortality risk of RA remains unchanged.

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Hydroxychloroquine Adherence Lowers Cardiovascular Risks

11 September 2023

Daily hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is better than an apple a day; as a new study shows that adherence to the antimalarial agent significantly lowers future risk of cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients.

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RheumNow Podcast – with Special Guest Dr. Janet Pope (9.8.2023)

08 September 2023

This week, Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news with special guest, Dr. Janet Pope. They discuss "Not-non-Inferior", large scale genetic screening, Zoster risk w/ newer lupus drugs, tapering, RA referral problems and the TNR webinar session on "ORAL Surveillance Revisited".

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Woeful Rheumatology Referrals

07 September 2023

Early diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis (IA) is rooted in patient (self or MD) referrals. A recent analysis shows only a minority of rheumatology referrals had inflammatory arthritis, with only 21% were seen within the first 6 weeks of symptoms. 

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