Articles By Jack Cush, MD
CURES Act : House Passes Largest Bill Since Obamacare
The 21st Century Cures Act has become one of the most-lobbied health care bills in recent history, with nearly a half billion dollars being spent on both sides - those for and against the bill.
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ASDAS Activity Correlates with Xray Progression in Spondyloarthritis
Investigators analyzed a prospective study of patients with early axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) to assess predictors of outcome.
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Rheumatologist Compensation and Manpower
You should use this information to not only fend for yourself, but to more accurately guide trainees into a richly rewarding specialty that pays well and has many distinctions to boast of, including high science, hands-on patient interactions and long-term relationships, great hours, lifestyle and family friendly careers. Our field is in desperate need of high quality, problem-solving practitioners.
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Ustekinumab Effective and Safe in Crohn's Colitis
The New England Journal of Medicine has reported the results of a large clinical trial demonstrating the efficacy of ustekinumab (Stelara) in treating patients with active Crohn's disease (CD). (Citation source http://buff.ly/2gsSNcs)
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Epilepsy is More Likely in Offspring for Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis
The offspring of women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be at greater risk for the development of epilepsy, according to a recent report in the journal Neurology, suggesting that epileptogenic triggers may begin during pregnancy and may be wors
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Three Year Data on Secukinumab
Dr. Philip Mease, MD presented the long-term efficacy and safety data for secukinumab in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) at the ACR Annual meeting in Washington, DC.
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ACR16 Day 4 Ends with Rheumatology Roundup
The final day of the 2016 annual ACR meeting saw the return of "Rheumatology Round-up" at 7:30am in Hall D.
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ACR 2016 – Day 3 Highlights
Some big highlights from Tuesday at the 2016 ACR/ARHP annual meeting included the PRECISION trial, EXXELERATE trial and the new anti-IL-23 in psoriatic arthritis.
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Celecoxib Shines and Naproxen Tanks in the PRECISION Study
The PRECISION trial was published this week in the NEJM, presented at the Cardiology meetings in New Orleans, and presented today by Dr. Daniel Solomon at the 2016 ACR annual meeting in Washington, D.C. (citation source http://buff.ly/2fUmoqO)
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