The @curearthritis.bsky.social 2026 Research Scholar Symposium (March 14, Cambridge) brings together investigators working across RA, lupus, PsA, JIA, and related diseases
A solid mix of keynote talks, scholar presentations, and discussion. 🧠✨ #rheum #science #hope curearthritis.org/2026symposium/
Exciting news! Bryce Binstadt, MD, PhD, is the new president of the Rheumatology Research Foundation. His leadership will drive research funding, forge partnerships w/#rheum orgs, and attract new talent to the field. https://bit.ly/49HceGQ
🆕 Approach to Rheum Labs! 🧪
With the current #rheumatology workforce shortage, better education is needed to increase yield of new patient referrals from referring clinicians:
1️⃣ Joint Pain: when should one refer to #Rheum?
2️⃣ ANA: when should an #ANA be checked?
#MedSky #RheumSky #PositiveANA
Today, my rheumatologist saw me within 15 minutes of my appointment time, and I was done after 20 minutes. Home 90 minutes after I left,cand that's only because I stopped for groceries. This is mind-blowing. I'm buying a lottery ticket!
#rheum
Has anyone tried to go on a #TNFblocker (enbrel, #Remicade) for a second time? I tried #enbrel and was maybe on it for a month? Is it possible to retry it? #rheum #rheumatoidarthritis #autoimmune #crohns #creakyjoints #RA #chronicillness #spondyloarthritis #ankylosingspondylitis
#rheum dr told me that I am at the end of the road for effective treatment. Only suggestion was to increase narcs (NO) or increase steroids (PCP pneumonia) Feel dismissed, overwhelmed, let down. My joints suck and the pain is unending. #autoimmune #autoimmunewarrior #crohns #Adrenalininsufficiency
🫁Connective Tissue Disease Associated ILD (ATS 2020)
🔹RA-UIP pattern
🔹SSc-NSIP
🔹IIM (Idio Inflam Myopathy)– NSIP + OP overlap
#Updates
#PulmCC #Rheum #ILD @atscommunity.bsky.social
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🆕 Collaboration with RheumNow 🔵
*3-Part Series on Interstitial Lung Disease*
Part 3️⃣: Treatment of #ILD
💊 Medication Options for Rx of ILD
🫁 How to Treat Different ILD Subtypes
🚶🏻♀️Holistic Approach to Management ❌🚬
#RheumSky #PulmSky #IPF #Rheum #InterstitialLungDisease
¡La llamada ilar para las propuestas de 2026 está abierta! Buscando proyectos que avanzan #Rheum en los países en desarrollo en las áreas de educación para pacientes/profesionales de la salud, incluida la salud y/o la práctica clínica y la defensa de #rheum. Fecha límite 15 de septiembre.
Happy to have been included in the INTO-HLH registry newsletter representing a #raredisease & #SJIA #rheum #rheumsky
#Rheum was a thin mucus naturally discharged from the eyes, nose, or mouth, often during sleep. Rheum dried and gathered as a crust in the corners of the eyes or the mouth, on the eyelids, or under the nose.
New deadline August 16
The ARP is looking for a Scientific Editor to lead a team of reviewers for the popular ARC—a 19-module educational series designed to serve as a crash course in #rheum for the entire care team. Open to ARP members only. Learn more & apply by June 25 → acr.tw/3qy7i3Q
ACR/ARP MEMBER EXCLUSIVE—the NP/PA Rheumatology Curriculum, which gives a complete overview of how to integrate a NP or PA into a #rheum practice to improve patient outcomes, access, & care. 🔍 Explore → acr.tw/4hd0y0T
Hey, @rheumcat.bsky.social! For our Fellows Welcome, we’re making #rheum buttons! The fellows made one of us for me! ❤️😭
#rheumatology #rheumsky
Super happy and proud about the publication of the first authored paper of my #PhD student Nasim Nakhost Lotfi in RMD Open 😊👏🎈
How reliable can we utilise different #PROMs in #apps when assessed in different frequencies?
Have a look 👇
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#Rheum
#ehealth
#arthritis
Sharing my watercolor painting of Rhubarb
29×36 cm, hot pressed, smooth paper.
#botanicalillustration #watercolorpainting #painting #botanicalart #illustration #watercolors #artist #rhubarb #vegetable #art #fineart #botanical #botany #nature #hyperrealsim #photorealism #rheum
A picture is worth a thousand words - if you live with a chronic, invisible illness like rheumatoid arthritis, it can be hard to communicate the severity of it when you "don't look sick." I hope my "invisible illness photoshoot" helps! #Rheum
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New Post - Talking about the art and challenge of patient storytelling in today’s world. #MedSky #ChronicPain #Rheum #PatientsUseAI www.alanbrewington.com/blog/2025/5/...
New Post-Patient Storytelling. #RheumChampion #ChronicPain #Rheum #Healthcare www.alanbrewington.com/blog/2025/5/31/kuwolfsy00aez28ir3ocqv8z7ruxoq
Chronic disease and coping when you don’t look sick The burden of care is an issue you just get used to. But it takes a lot of work to stay in the same place. #rheum Bit.ly/4kesQK5
Morphological characterization of the Gdf5 R2de enhancer mouse model. (a) MicroCT measurements of significantly different anatomical features in R2de deletion mice at P56 (WT n = 4, Het n = 5, Hom n = 6) and 1.5 years (WT n= 8, Het n= 7, Hom n = 7). One-way ANOVA with Tukey-kramer test was used for comparisons between all groups at both P56 and (b) 1.5 years of age. (c) 3D morphological comparative analysis indicating locations of largest anatomical differences between wild type (WT) and homozygous R2de null hind limbs at P56 and 1.5 years. (d) Coronal histological sections of the medial compartment stained with Safranin O for representative OA score per timepoint. (e) Tibial articular cartilage thickness measurements of the lateral and medial plateaus at P56 and 1.5 years alongside respective OARSI scores for each time point
Disease risk variants interact to impact expression. (a) Relative normalized luciferase expression produced by plasmids containing different non-risk (N) or risk (R) variants of either the R4 variant rs6060369, or the 5’UTR variants rs143383 and rs143384 in T/C-28a2 cells. (b) Relative normalized luciferase expression produced by plasmids containing different non-risk (N) or risk (R) variants of either the GROW1 variant rs4911178, or the 5’UTR variants rs143383 and rs143384 in CHON-002 cells. (c) Cartoon model of identified interactions across the GDF5 locus including risk variants marked as red lines (depictions not to scale)
In vivo & in vitro studies of regulatory interactions at GDF5, the best studied OA locus, showed location-specific expression decreases may be more important mediators of OA risk than large expression reductions across many different joint sites & tissues
A&R
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#Medsky #Rheum
New Post - Exercise doesn't make me an #Ableist, I lift therefore I limp (and that's ok). #ChronicPain #Rheum #RheumatoidArthritis #Share www.alanbrewington.com/blog/2025/5/18/qesjzcoje1rfs3l4slq5hiucp9b0ew
ACR Clinical Practice Guideline - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
NEW ACR Clinical Practice Guideline Summary provides recommendations regarding treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in both adults & children.
View → acr.tw/4mbHK4W
#Medsky #Rheumsky #Rheum #Rheumatology #SLE #lupus #autoimmune
Longitudinal Associations Between Baseline Sarcopenia and Knee Osteoarthritis Progression and Risk of Knee Replacement. Graphical abstract created with BioRender
Analysis of Osteoarthritis Initiative data found sarcopenia was significantly and longitudinally associated with radiographic and symptomatic progression in knee osteoarthritis and subsequent knee replacement
Arthritis & Rheumatology
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#Medsky #Rheumsky #Rheum #Ortho
Time-dependent effect of prophylactic trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole on the incidence of serious infections in ANCA-associated vasculitis: A target trial emulation study. Graphical abstract created with BioRender
Multicenter cohort trial emulation tested TMP-SMX prophylaxis on incidence of serious infections in pts w/ ANCA-associated vasculitis. TMP-SMX significantly reduced risk of serious infections, esp. during 1st 6 mo. of induction therapy w/ RTX or CYC
A&R
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#Medsky #Rheum #IDsky
Transition from pediatric to adult rheumatology can be challenging - on my latest episode, I discuss ways to make this change smoother with Dr. Thomason from University of Washington Rheumatology @uwmedicine.bsky.social ! #Rheum #ArthritisLife
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One of the most interesting questions I get asked is: "Aren't you scared / sad about being on medications for RA the rest of your life?" Honestly, the answer is not complicated - I feel OK to positive about the medications because they work! #Rheum
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Woohoo! New ergonomic forearm crutches here, shifts weight away from hands! Don’t alway need them but when I do #arthritis in my hands makes normal forearm crutches a literal #pain. So want people in #rheum #rheumatology #chronic #chronicpain #spoonie communities to know these exist. a.co/d/irUWs4X
Excited to support the Arthritis Foundation at the Pathways 2025 conference! #arthritispathways2025 #rheum
