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July 16, 2024
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U.S. News names Johns Hopkins top rheumatology hospital for 7th year in a row


  <i>U.S. News</i> names Johns Hopkins top rheumatology hospital for 7th year in a row

For the seventh consecutive year, Johns Hopkins has been named the best hospital for rheumatology in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.

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July 10, 2024
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New EULAR guidance on patient research partners aims to overcome ‘tokenistic’ approaches

New EULAR guidance on patient research partners aims to overcome &lsquo;tokenistic&rsquo; approaches

All rheumatology research projects should include at least two patient partners, supported by a designated coordinator, who collaborate as equals with researchers, according to new EULAR recommendations.

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July 09, 2024
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Men develop IgG4-related disease more than twice as often as women

Men develop IgG4-related disease more than twice as often as women

Men are more than twice as likely than women to develop IgG4-related disease, and demonstrate “striking” sex-dependent organ distribution and B-cell response, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

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July 05, 2024
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‘Common and unique immune features’ in long COVID may lead researchers to treatments

&lsquo;Common and unique immune features&rsquo; in long COVID may lead researchers to treatments

Patients with long COVID symptoms demonstrate elevated levels of several inflammatory molecules — findings that could have important implications in both rheumatology and the search for a potential treatment for long COVID.

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June 27, 2024
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Nearly one-quarter of all SARDs outpatient visits in US result in opioid prescription

Nearly one-quarter of all SARDs outpatient visits in US result in opioid prescription

Nearly one-quarter of outpatient visits by patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases in the United States between 2006 and 2019 resulted in an opioid prescription, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

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June 26, 2024
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JAK, IL-6 inhibition most effective targeted therapies for VEXAS syndrome

JAK, IL-6 inhibition most effective targeted therapies for VEXAS syndrome

The most efficacious targeted therapies for VEXAS syndrome are Janus kinase inhibitors and interleukin-6 inhibitors, while IL-1 and TNF blockers are less effective, according to data published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

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June 24, 2024
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VIDEO: Explosion of APPs in rheumatology care means ‘evolving’ relationships

VIDEO: Explosion of APPs in rheumatology care means &lsquo;evolving&rsquo; relationships

In this video exclusive, Leonard Calabrese, DO, chief medical editor of Healio Rheumatology, highlights what he describes as “an outstanding roundtable” in the June issue on advanced practice providers’ expanding role in rheumatology care.

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June 24, 2024
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Notes from the field: My personal journey of collaborative practice with APPs

Notes from the field: My personal journey of collaborative practice with APPs

This month’s featured roundtable on the evolving and broadening role of advanced practice providers in rheumatologic care is a timely discussion, and I give a big thanks to Carrie Beach, BSN, RN-BC; Jeffrey Curtis, MD, MS, MPH; Amanda Mixon, PA-C; Kenneth G. Saag, MD; and Christine Stamatos, DNP, ANP-C.

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June 24, 2024
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‘The writing is on the wall’: The ever expanding, evolving role of APPs in rheumatology

&lsquo;The writing is on the wall&rsquo;: The ever expanding, evolving role of APPs in rheumatology

The number, and role, of advanced practice providers in rheumatology care is exploding.

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June 21, 2024
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‘A major clue has been discovered’: Data illuminate autoimmunity gap between women and men

&lsquo;A major clue has been discovered&rsquo;: Data illuminate autoimmunity gap between women and men

A possible genetic rationale for why women acquire more autoimmune diseases than men has been discovered, according to findings published recently in Cell.

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