Tertiary center study of 147 GPA pts (age ~45, 18 mos F/U) - total of 55 deaths& 179 relapses (in 117 pts;1.53/pt). Predictors of relapse (~2 fold incr) = Age > 55, male, ^^creatinine & CNS dz. Mortality assoc w/ ≥ 55 yrs, male, creatinine >1.3, CNS @baseline https://t.co/GzScokrN7G

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Eating Crow (10.10.2025) Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news, FDA approvals, and journal articles. In this episode: HMGCR Abs, FDA approvals and Cush eats crow. https://t.co/n5W8c7OeKS https://t.co/LXAxrE37WS

Whole Body MRI for Arthritis Whole-body MRI (wbMRI) reviews have increasingly appeared in the medical literature, owing to better scanners, faster imaging times and reduced costs. Use of such non-oncologic musculoskeletal imaging provides high-contrast resolution images of the https://t.co/6RIrDOwQx2

Review: Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance NEJM has reviewed the common hematologic/immunologic finding of "monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance" (MGUS) - a common premalignant plasma-cell proliferative disorder found in approximately 5% of those https://t.co/kleuYayTZW

Rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders in musicians: Famous musicians/performers with Rheumatic dz and the most common disorders reviewed. https://t.co/FitQpg4KvC https://t.co/ch8V2WGJXm

Single center study of pregnancy outcomes in 189 women (131 RA, 29 SpA, 29 PsA). Stats for RA/SpA/PsA -- Live births 76%/90%/69%; Preterm 16%/12%/7%; IUGR 31 RA, none in SpA/PsA.. C-Sections ~1/3. TNFi used in 12% RA, but higher in SpA (48%) & PsA (31%) https://t.co/wVWOlRR0c0 https://t.co/sChkDJMrUs

Multimorbidity in SLE: metanalysis of 3 studies (1175 pts) saw Multimorbidity (by higher Charlson comorbidity index/CCI), is a strong independent predictor of mortality in SLE (OR 3.92). In SLE, the most freq comorbidities were DM, CVD, COPD, renal/lung/CNS Dz https://t.co/fuYUdfC6wE

Tramadol not effective at chronic pain The strong opioid painkiller, tramadol, is not that effective at easing chronic pain for which it’s widely prescribed, finds a pooled data analysis of the available research, published online in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine. https://t.co/zFWwyy1j3O

Review of GLP-1 agonist use in rheumatology - with benefits beyond DM, obesity, improved survival, reduced major cardiovascular and renal events. Anti-inflammatory & chondroprotective effx shown benefit in knee OA & pain. GLP-1RAs do not prevent gout attacks. More research https://t.co/8zh18mlYDh