Worked on the spaced repetition flashcards today for Rheumify! Validated Questions: 510 Validated Flashcards: 523 Uploaded Podcasts (Clinical Practice Guidelines): 4 (SLE, ILD, RA, vaccination)

We already know what makes our communities safer, and it's not troops on our streets. It's giving people accessible housing, food, employment, health care, and education opportunities.

Rheumify updates: Validated Questions: 504 Validated Flashcards: 445 Uploaded Podcasts (Clinical Practice Guidelines): 3

Colorado voters overwhelmingly supported a pair of ballot measures that increase taxes on wealthy households to ensure every public school child in the state is able to access free meals at school. It also provides support for school districts to buy food that is local, and gives raises to staffers.

More from Claude AI on test taking strategies.

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?

You found $40 billion to bail out Argentina. But refuse to provide a dime to keep American children from going hungry. Show some leadership, get off the golf course and reopen the government.

More insights into the question bank, thanks to Claude and Airtable.

Thanks to @dfeterman.bsky.social for the idea 💗!

Donated to my local food bank today and it felt good 💗 givebutter.com/donate-rvfb

It is disgusting that Republicans CHOSE to let SNAP benefits run out today—letting millions of kids and families go hungry for political leverage.  The courts have made it clear that USDA must fund SNAP for November.

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Check out the 5 step method for improving your rheumatology (and internal medicine!) board exam taking skills!

BREAKING: Senate GOP just BLOCKED Democrats' straightforward bill to pay our troops. If Republicans still refuse to work with Democrats to reopen the government and prevent health care costs from skyrocketing, they should at the very least be able to work with us to make sure our troops get paid.

The Republican Senate Majority Leader chose to send the Senate HOME rather than hold a vote to fund SNAP. He will force a vote 13 times on a bill he knows won't pass rather than vote ONE time on a bill to fund SNAP we KNOW would pass. Shameful.

Update on rheumify! 497 validated questions and 371 validated flashcards. Next up, I'm working with AI to analyze and categorize question types to help trainees with their board test taking skills.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

We are raising money with the mission to support arthritis research and fund essential resources/life-changing programs for those living with arthritis. Come support or join our UW/Seattle Children's Joint Forces team at the 2025 Jingle Bell Run in Seattle, WA!

Happening now: Dr. Michael Paley giving a talk about Inflammatory Eye Disease in W375C! 👀 #ACR25 #chooserheum #rheumatology @drmapaley.bsky.social

So excited about Dr. Daniel Whibley’s presentation at #ACR25 on Cognitive Dysfunction and how it Manifests in those living w/Fibromyalgia. He shared several ways to conduct baseline cognitive tests. cc: @ladaorg.bsky.social @lupuschat.bsky.social #LADAorg #LupusChat

One family’s deductible will jump to $20K. Another will pay $500 more a month. Americans are starting to get their insurance bills for next year, and any subsidy deal from Congress could still mean a big mess for insurers and consumers alike. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Happy Tuesday! Starting us strong for Poster Session C, we have Drs. Michelle Nguyen, MD, and Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, FACP, for "Dual Diagnoses, Diminished Survival: Association between rheumatoid arthritis and survival among older adults with lung cancer" @ 10:30 AM CST! #UWRheum #ACR25

Additonally we also have Drs. Michelle Nguyen, MD, and Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, FACP presenting on "Association Between Frailty and Surivival Among Older Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lung Cancer" @ Poster Session C. #UWRheum #ACR25

Join us during Poster Session C where Dr. Jorge Armando Gonzalez Chapa, MD, PhD will be presenting on "Elevated fMET and GDF-15 Circulating Levels in Pediatric CNO Patients with Psoriasis Define a Distinct Mitochondrial-Inflammatory Signature" from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST @ #ACR25

A major highlight for the Thieves Market Presentation series, join us for Dr. Londyn Robinson's, MD, presentation: "Second Hits and Hidden Scripts: Headache Edition" from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST #UWRheum #ACR25

Another heavy hitter presentation for #ACR25 's Thieves Market Presentation Series (10:30 AM CST - 12:30 PM CST), our very own, Dr. Manush Sondhi, MD, will be speaking on "The Hidden Choreography: When Joints Ache, Skin Cries, and the Heart Strains." Don't miss out! #UWRheum

Tune into today's Scientific Session where our very own, Dr. Christian Lood, PhD, will be featured in "Bypassing the ‘Toll’ Booth: NIAID-Supported Insights into Alternative Nucleic Acid Sensing in Autoimmunity" and "Beyond NETs: Alternative Roles of Neutrophils in Spondyloarthritis" #ACR25 #UWRheum

Kicking off Abstract Session (11:00 - 11:15 AM CST), Dr. Jia Shi, MD, will be presenting on "Urinary Proteomic Signature Identifies Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients at Risk for Interstitial Lung Disease" #UWRheum #ACR25

The Great Debate: I am locked in for the debate on GCA! #ACR25

Plenary III, Abstract 1727: New study in 41k postmenopausal women with osteoporosis reveals treatment gaps: 52% were at very high fracture risk, yet only 6% received anabolic therapies. Over half (51.7%) of these patients got oral bisphosphonates instead.

Plenary III, Abstract 1726: Mayo research shows arthritis from cancer immunotherapy is NOT the same as rheumatoid arthritis! Key finding: It’s driven by overactive T cells, not autoantibodies. This means different treatments may be needed. #ACR25

Plenary III, Abstract 1725: Why do Black patients with scleroderma face worse outcomes? Perhaps related to genetic variants in the NOTCH4 gene that increase blood vessel damage 10-fold. #ACR25

Plenary III: New study reveals MAIT cells play a pathogenic role in rheumatoid arthritis. These immune cells are decreased in blood but enriched in inflamed joints, where they activate inflammatory responses and tissue damage.

Plenary III: why are women more likely to have autoimmune disease? #ACR25

Plenary III: cutoffs for hydroxychloroquine blood levels. #ACR25

Lack of seasonality in Kawasaki disease. #ACR25

PET scan and histopathology disconnect in a few patients with aortitis. #ACR25

Abstract 1604: anti-rituximab antibodies as a cause of treatment failure in ANCA & cryoglobulinemic vasculitis. #ACR25

Abstract 1618: evidence for JAk use in Takayasu arteritis. #ACR25

Abstract 1611: Avacopan real world data showing reduction in steroid exposure and affects on calprotectin. #ACR25

Malignancy association with Ro52 positivity. #ACR25

#ACR25 - Monday posters 🌟 Crystals (gout, CPPD) abstracts

#ACR25 - Monday posters 🌟 Spondyloarthritis

Abstract 1265: 20% of VA patients in NY don’t have internet access #ACR25

Big moment for #UWRheum! Kicking off Poster Session A, Dr. Londyn Robinson, MD, presents "Association Between Social Determinants of Health Domains and covid-19-related Hospitalization in Individuals with Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease: A Retrospective Analysis of National U.S Data" @ 10:30 AM CST.

We’re proud to have Dr. Jia Shi, MD, representing #UWRheum at #ACR25! Check out both of her sessions on disease activity assessment and neutrophil activation in juvenile dermatomyositis at 10:30 AM CST.

Catch Dr. Irene Carrión-Barberá, MD, during "Biomarkers of Innate Immune Activatoin to Identify Non-Response to Rituximab in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis" @ Poster Session B (10:30 AM CST) #ACR25 #UWRheum

It’s almost time! Dr. Nadine El-Ayache, D.O-PhD, presents “Pain Is Associated with An Increased Risk of Frailty in Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis” at #ACR25 — during Poster Session B @ 10:30 AM CST. #UWRheum

Catch Dr. Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, FACP #ACR25 featured in “Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Cancer" at 10:30 AM CST. #UWRheum