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October 24, 2022
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Collaboration with pulmonology key to managing ILD in autoimmune disease

Collaboration with pulmonology key to managing ILD in autoimmune disease

SAN DIEGO — A clear intervention plan and collaboration with pulmonology are key to managing patients with interstitial lung disease in autoimmune conditions, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

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October 21, 2022
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Rheumatologists ‘cannot be passive observers’ in combating ever-changing COVID-19

Rheumatologists ‘cannot be passive observers’ in combating ever-changing COVID-19

SAN DIEGO — The SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to evolve, sometimes on a daily basis, thus making consensus difficult to achieve in terms of how to continue fighting against COVID-19 and its ever-increasing sequelae, said a speaker here.

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October 13, 2022
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Risk for severe COVID-19 in patients with SARDs has fallen 71% since early pandemic

Risk for severe COVID-19 in patients with SARDs has fallen 71% since early pandemic

Patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases who developed COVID-19 during the first omicron wave were 71% less likely to experience severe outcomes than those who caught it in the first 4 months of the pandemic, according to data.

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October 10, 2022
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Dr. Glaucomflecken, updates on PsA slated for Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West 2022

Dr. Glaucomflecken, updates on PsA slated for Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West 2022

The Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West will be held in a different venue in San Diego this year, but that should have no impact on the quality of the program.

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October 07, 2022
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EULAR returning to onsite-only format for 2023 annual congress

EULAR returning to onsite-only format for 2023 annual congress

The 2023 EULAR Congress of Rheumatology will commence as an exclusively in-person meeting, nixing the live remote option that has been in place since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization’s president announced.

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September 21, 2022
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Just 25% of eligible patients say they received fifth COVID-19 vaccine dose

Just 25% of eligible patients say they received fifth COVID-19 vaccine dose

Approximately 25% of immunocompromised patients have received a fifth vaccine dose, according to survey results released by the Global Healthy Living Foundation.

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September 20, 2022
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‘Paradigms of distrust’: Medical gaslighting leaves patients dismissed and disrespected

‘Paradigms of distrust’: Medical gaslighting leaves patients dismissed and disrespected

The word “gaslighting” has taken on a life of its own in recent years, being used in the context of interpersonal relationships, political discourse and online chatter alike.

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September 20, 2022
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Curing distrust in rheumatologic care

Curing distrust in rheumatologic care

This month’s roundtable, “Paradigms of distrust,” by a stellar cast of clinicians — Priya Fielding-Singh, PhD; Kenneth G. Saag, MD; Jen Sebring, BA(H), MSc; and Shilpa Venkatachalam, PhD, MPH — is a painful examination of moments in practice that are far from what we would envision as caring, and far from what we would want for ourselves or our loved ones if we were in need.

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August 12, 2022
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Hooked on Rheum with Karen H. Costenbader, MD, MPH

Hooked on Rheum with Karen H. Costenbader, MD, MPH

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. My dad was an orthopedist and my mom was an academic psychologist. If you cross those two, you get a rheumatologist.

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August 09, 2022
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Microbiome can influence autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, IBD

Microbiome can influence autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, IBD

ORLANDO — Altered gut flora has the potential to impact autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease, noted a speaker at the 2022 Rheumatology Nurses Society Conference.

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