Attention 1st year Rheum Fellows— UPenn Medicine puts on an Annual conference just for you! It’s free for in person attendance and $75 if virtual. I looked at the speakers list— impressive Dr Peter Merkel, ⁦Ethan Craig⁩ ⁦AlexisO⁩! eventbrite.com/e/31st-annual-…

Not Thrombotic MicroAngiopathy but ⁦Texas Medical Association⁩ 2024

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Lupus Awareness Month

Lupus | What is that? 🦋💜

Throughout this day, this month and always, let's help continue the conversation to raise awareness.

#Lupus #Lupus Chat #Lupus Awareness #Lupus AwarenessMonth

Cool case! Thanks for sharing. Having no knowledge about fibrillary GN, I found this article about co-existence of the two (SLE LN and DNAJB9+ fibrillary GN) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

ICYMI CDC’s Updated 2022 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Rx Opioids for Pain.
- expands nonpharm Rx
-recog lack of access to nonpharm Rx
-expanded indications
-guides tapering
-guidance for chronic use/legality
Dr C Konda ⁦Texas Medical Association⁩ #TEXMED24 cdc.gov/opioids/patien…

While the document is well written, why weren’t there any rheumatologists involved in the 2024 KDIGO #LupusNephritis Guidelines?

kdigo.org/guidelines/lup…

4/29/24 FDA alert on risk of intrahepatic cholestasis during pregnancy associated with thiopurines fda.gov/drugs/drug-saf…

The 2nd blog of my trilogy on self discovery: Chào: (Vietamese: Goodbye/Hello) | RheumNow
⁦ rheumnow.com/blog/chao-viet…

'Authority may be delegated, but never responsibility.' quote attributed to Former U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan and applied to modern clinical trials. #RheumGR UTSWRheum

Did you know the first clinical controlled trials were done on sailors with scurvy? They were randomized to: a quart of cider, HCl, 2 spoons of vinegar, pint of sea water, spicy nutmeg paste w/ water vs. 2 oranges and a lemon. Guess which sailors fared best? #RheumGR UTSWRheum

What exactly are 'autoimmune features' for #IPAF ? Elena Joerns goes over the 2015 criteria: includes clinical, serologic, and morphologic domains #RheumGR UTSWRheum

TheDaoIndex When colleagues leave academic medicine, instead of asking what happened to them, we should reframe it to ask what the system is doing to us. What is the system doing to all of us?

A wonderful piece written by a wonderful person ⁦TheDaoIndex⁩, thank you! This story hits home as it mirrors my own experiences.

Karoshi - {Japanese  過労死: Death by Being Overworked} | RheumNow rheumnow.com/blog/karoshi-j…

Further evaluation for patients with osteoporosis #UTSWrheum @rheumGR

Potential Board Question! #RheumGr UTSWRheum
Who should be screened for #osteoporosis ?

MOA of how #prednisone can cause #osteoporosis #RheumGr UTSWRheum

Secondary causes of #osteoporosis : (note that SSRI's, SGLT2i are on the list). @UTSWrheum #RheumGR