Rheumatology & Arthritis Learning Network

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Dacre Knight, MD, on Hypermobility Syndromes

Dacre Knight, MD, on Hypermobility Syndromes by Rheumatology & Arthritis Learning Network

04-28
22:36

Leonard Calabrese, DO, on Long COVID

Leonard Calabrese, DO, on Long COVID by Rheumatology & Arthritis Learning Network

01-01
16:18

Misti Paudel, PhD, on Difficult-to-Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis

Misti Paudel, PhD, on Difficult-to-Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis by Rheumatology & Arthritis Learning Network

08-06
14:17

Vikas Majithia, MD, and Ronald Butendieck, MD, on the Continuing Challenges of Gout

Vikas Majithia, MD, and Ronald Butendieck, MD, on the Continuing Challenges of Gout by Rheumatology & Arthritis Learning Network

06-19
09:21

Risk Factors for COVID-19 Reinfection Among Patients With Rheumatic Diseases

Risk Factors for COVID-19 Reinfection Among Patients With Rheumatic Diseases by Rheumatology & Arthritis Learning Network

03-13
13:39

Neal Birnbaum, MD, on the new CMS Rule on Prior Authorization

Dr Birnbaum comments on how the new rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services setting tighter timelines for health insurers to act on requests for authorization for medications and procedures.

02-28
08:07

Leonard Calabrese, DO, on the Nosology of Long COVID

Dr Leonard Calabrese of the Cleveland Clinic discusses the similarities and differences of fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and long COVID, and why classifying these diseases properly is important to diagnosis and treatment.

02-21
13:50

Elena Myasoedova, MD, PhD, on Extra-articular Manifestations of RA

Dr Myasoedova, from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, reviews recent research showing that extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis are on the decline.

11-20
09:34

Roy Fleischmann, MD, on the Safety Profile of Upadacitinib In Patients With RA

Dr Fleischmann reviews a post hoc analysis of the SELECT phase 3 trial of upadacitinib in rheumatoid arthritis and the safety of JAK inhibitors among RA patients at risk for cardiovascular events.

11-07
23:21

Matthew Baker, MD, on the Association of Osteoarthritis With Atopic Dermatitis

Dr Baker discusses research indicating that patients with asthma or atopic dermatitis have a significantly higher risk of developing osteoarthritis over 10 years of follow-up.

11-01
14:04

SARS‐CoV‐2 Vaccination Among Immunocompromised Patients Helps Mental Health

Dr Patricia Katz sheds light on the cohort analysis findings that suggest a positive correlation between mental wellbeing—a common burden among patients with chronic inflammatory diseases—and COVID-19 vaccination. Patricia Katz, PhD, is a professor of medicine and health policy at the University of California San Francisco.

10-12
10:48

The Link Between Aortic Stenosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis

The risk of cardiovascular diseases among patients with rheumatoid arthritis goes beyond just heart attacks and strokes. Findings of a large cohort study revealed that patients with RA were at a higher risk of developing aortic stenosis—either by needing an aortic valve intervention or aortic stenosis-related death.

10-06
18:46

Philip Mease, MD, on Assessing Psoriatic Arthritis by Disease Domain

In this podcast, Dr Philip Mease reviews recent research on the importance of assessing treatment response across all domains of psoriatic arthritis, including skin, joints, entheses, and more.

10-06
19:05

Glucocorticoids and Cardiovascular Events in RA Explained

Dr Ho So of the Chinese University of Hong Kong discussed his research into whether glucocorticoids — specifically prednisolone — for rheumatoid arthritis may increase the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events among these patients.

09-20
11:18

Could Isolated Nail Psoriasis Diagnosis Help Prevent Psoriatic Arthritis?

In a cross-sectional study of 36 isolated nail psoriasis patients, 7 of them (19%) went on to develop psoriatic arthritis in the following years. Is there more to this connection between isolated nail psoriasis and early detection of PsA? Dr Shari Lipner of Weill Cornell Medical Center explains.

09-12
08:14

Gender Biases in Orthopedics —Dr Nicholas Bertha

Did you know orthopedics has the lowest percentage of women residents of all specialties? In this podcast, Dr Nicholas Bertha sheds light how gender inequality in orthopedic surgery is real and well-documented.

09-06
14:03

Drs Bryant England and Ben Smith on ACR Integrated Care Guideline for Rheumatoid Arthritis

In this podcast, Drs Bryant England and Ben Smith, who served on the committee that developed the first ACR guideline on exercise, diet, and other aspects of integrative care for arthritis, discuss its major recommendations and approaches.

08-28
21:38

Matthew Baker, MD, on Interstitial Lung Disease Among Patients With RA Treated with DMARDs

Dr Baker reviews the findings of his recent research into the association of interstitial lung disease among patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have been treated with both biologic and targeted disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.

08-17
16:49

Alexis Ogdie, MD, on Sex-Specific Differences Among Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis

Dr Ogdie reviews her recent research into how men and women experience psoriatic arthritis, including its effects on quality of life and physical functioning.

08-09
07:42

Bryant England, MD, on Multimorbidity Patterns and Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Outcomes

Dr England gives us the key points from his study on whether certain multimorbidity patterns are associated with long-term disease severity among patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

07-31
15:35

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