Articles By Jack Cush, MD
Twofold Mortality in SLE
Despite declining incidence of lupus, mortality for SLE was twice that of controls in this large incident cohort study.
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Doble mortalidad en el SLE
A pesar de la disminución de la incidencia del lupus, la mortalidad por LES fue el doble que la de los controles en este gran estudio de cohorte de casos incidentes.
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Rheumatology Salaries 2025
Medscape has published its annual Physician Compensation report with physican salaries up roughly 3% and eight specialties earning more than $500,000 per annum.
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Aspirin Cardiovascular Prevention in Giant Cell Arteritis
A retrospective target trial emulations has shown that low-dose aspirin (ASA) given with a giant cell arteritis (GCA) diagnosis is associated with a lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), but a higher risk of GI bleeding.
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Prevención cardiovascular con aspirina en la arteritis de células gigantes
Una emulación retrospectiva de un ensayo clínico objetivo ha demostrado que la aspirina a dosis bajas (AAS) administrada junto con un diagnóstico de arteritis de células gigantes (ACG) se asocia con un menor riesgo de eventos cardiovasculares adversos mayores (ECAM), pero con un mayor riesgo de h
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Prescribing Lessons (4.17.2026)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from this past week on RheumNow.com.
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Adjunctive Prednisolone for Kawasaki Disease
An NEJM study has shown that glucocorticoids provide no added benefit when added to standard primary treatment in Kawasaki disease patients.
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Still's Disease Update
Arthritis Research & Therapy has published an overarching review of Still's disease - claiming it to be a single acquired and complex autoinflammatory disease in which both pediatric and adult forms share core pathogenic mechanisms, genetic associations and clinical presentations, with minor differences between children and adults who are afflicted.
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Still's Disease Update
Arthritis Research & Therapy ha publicado una revisión general de la enfermedad de Still, afirmando que es una única enfermedad autoinflamatoria adquirida y compleja en la que tanto las formas pediátricas como las adultas comparten mecanismos patogénicos centrales, asociaciones genéticas y presentaciones clínicas, con diferencias menores entre los niños y los adultos afectados.
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Physician Use of Augmented Intelligence has Doubled
A 2026 Physician Survey to assess artificial intelligence and its use in Medical Practice has been published and follows earlier surveys around adoption and use. This is the third in a series of longitudinal surveys (prior waves 2023, 2024), enabling meaningful trend analysis. AI adoption has more than doubled in three years and physician sentiment shifting decisively toward cautious optimism.
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