A new review article from CreakyJoints finds that there has been limited progress in understanding the potential of cannabis based therapies for the treatment of pain associated with rheumatic conditions in the past five years because of a lack of standardization of clinical research and
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Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports and takes viewer questions this week.
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Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) got more bang for their exercise buck in a randomized trial when they had good opinions about their workout program, with better persistence with exercise at 1 year relative to a control group, researchers said.
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The results of the DIETA trial showed that dietary changes may control psoriatic arthritis (PsA) disease activity, independent of weight loss.
The study set out to investigate whether dietary changes or antioxidant supplementation or 5-10% weight loss could improve disease activity
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Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com.
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The results of the VITAL study (presented at ACR 2021) are now published by BMJ, showing that vitamin D and omega 3 fatty acids reduce the overall risk of autoimmune disease (AID) in a population based intervention trial.
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It's great to be a rheumatologist, but boy, it's getting harder and harder. You have to be a jack of all trades. You have to be good at cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, vaccination, inflammatory bowel disease - it just never ends. This and more, as Dr. Cush summarizes more than a dozen
Read ArticleDr. Jack Cush reviews and discusses the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow.com.
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A recent study of drugs used in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) shows that SGLT2 inhibitors have a lower risk for gout compared with those receiving DPP4 inhibitors.
The sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (e.g., Invokana, Jardiance, Farxiga) are reported to lower the risk of gout in
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Excess adiposity and genetic predisposition both contributed to risk of gout among U.S. women, with the risks being highest when both factors are present, a large prospective study found.
Analysis of data from the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) found that the relative risk for incident
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Annals of Internal Medicine has reported the results of a randomized clinical trial showing that telehealth-delivered exercise and diet programs improved pain and function in knee osteoarthritis patients who were overweight. While both were beneficial, exercise had a greater effect than
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In rheumatoid arthritis we have a wide range of options available to us when we progress to a biologic treatment option. We have little to differentiate between these agents based on the clinical trials. We often make our choices based on minor hints from clinical features, comorbidities, or
Read ArticleThe ACR 2021 meeting has concluded. Dr. Jack Cush recounts a few more great abstracts from this past week’s virtual meeting.
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Early cardiovascular disease assessment and management is critical at diagnosis in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Patients with RA have a known increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) due to a higher incidence of traditional cardiovascular (CV) risks such as
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This report highlights the VITAL trial; the ORAL Surveillance Study; and the Microbiome study of monozygotic psoriasis patients.
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