JointHealth™ express - #ArthritisAtHome 239 – Risk factors for cardiovascular disease and arthritis and tools to predict risk. Watch now! arthritisathome.jointhealth.org/?p=5784 Keith Colaco University of Toronto Women's College Hospital Cardio-Rheumatology Network Canadian Spondyloarthritis Association Lihi Eder Arthritis Research Canada Arthritis Society Canada AmericanHeartAssocMN

Welcome to day 1 CRUS-SURC basic course! Lovely sunny day in Toronto at Women’s College Hospital - Happy scanning and stay tuned for live posts #mskus #POCUS

@crussurc #pocus #mskus basic course the amazing Dr. Maggie Larche - pearls 🤩 - look out for erosions at the radial MCP2 and for standard scanning trans view look out for the characteristic vessels!

The 14th year of CRUS-SURC Basic Course well under way. Dr Maria Bagovitch going over key elemental lesions and pearls.

Our latest study is out, led by Dr Qianru Zhang- a comprehensive literature review and meta-analysis of all DMARDs and future risk of RA-ILD. 40 studies, 486K RA patients, 4K incident ILD cases ✔️NO increased risk for any DMARD sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

On world #osteoporosis day, here is a quick recap for its screening & management "say no to fragile bones" 🦴 cmaj.ca/content/195/39… #MedTwitter #RheumTwitter

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➡️ MSK ultrasound is a useful tool in psoriatic arthritis given the inaccuracies of physical examination ➡️ Our study has shown that several ultrasound features of inflammation and damage can predict response to therapy and drug persistence in PsA. rmdopen.bmj.com/content/10/4/e…

Thanks very much for sharing our work! I look forward to seeing all of you at #ACR24

Moderating a great talk about POTS - great slide & nice presentation technique Dr. Adler flashed a screen of the ROS for pts w/POTs, overwhelming as expected… then overlaid common causes and phenotypes - really like this as a framework! #ACR24 Dr. John Cush

Cool data from the JAK-POT study Have heard JAKs faster than TNF; perhaps not the case! If anything, TNFs outperformed the others in this study Trying not to over-read this, but supports my re-emerging preference for TNF #ACR24 @rheumnow Abstr#0501

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JAKs in PMR? "BACHELOR" study randomized 34pts to BARI vs PLBO Despite small sample, significant benefit at 12 wks (CRP PMR-AS < 10) for bari (78%) vs. PLBO (13%) Useful, but not for getting regulatory approval. Should have gone straight to phase 3! #ACR24 Dr. John Cush Abstr#0858

➡️ Preliminary results of DUET were presented at #ACR24 ➡️ Many lesions are not exclusive to PsA ➡️ Power Doppler and erosions are more discriminative for #PsA ➡️ Some entheseal sites are more helpful than others in distinguishing PsA from controls GRAPPA Network - Official UofT Rheumatology

Great table re:side effects of even low dose steroids in RA Likely generalizes to other diseases ie PMR, SLE P in prednisone stands for poison! #ACR24 Dr. John Cush

Spicy network SRMA, 123pts w/JAK-TNF-PLBO TNF >> JAK w/respect to malignancy (expected) & better than PLBO (spicy!) JAK > PLBO for heme cancers (makes sense); no significant (but slight trend) toward PLBO > JAK for all cancer The debate continues #ACR24 Dr. John Cush Abstr#0989

#Methotrexate is a dud in #PMR for benefit above #glucocorticoids ! #RCT MTX25mg/wk + Pred 15 Mg/d tapered to 0 at 1 yr vs #Prednisone + placebo same taper NO BENEFIT from #MTX #1697 #ACR24 American College of Rheumatology Dr. John Cush As FYI Poster at #EULAR observed #Leflunomide better than #MTX

JAMA FULL READ review and overview of Axial Spondyloarthritis by Drs. Deodhar & Bittar - Dx often delayed 6-8 yrs - Sensitivity/Specificity of: HLA-B27 (50%/90%), CRP (35%/91%), Xray sacroiliitis (66%/68%) or MRI (78%/88%). Great tables, figs, Xrays &Reference!

A study by Lihi Eder and her team provide preliminary evidence supporting the utility of musculoskeletal ultrasound in predicting treatment response and drug persistence in PsA. rmdopen.bmj.com/content/10/4/e…

🏆Congratulations to the 2025 CRA Awards of Distinction recipients: 👏 Drs. Dr. Rae Yeung, Joan Wither, Dana Jerome & maychoi ! Learn more about these accomplished CRA members and their outstanding contributions here: rheum.ca/awards/2025-aw… Celebrate with us at #ASM25!