rheumatologist, advocate, educator, person
Philadelphia, PA
Joined December 2014
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saving this for next time I'm on service, just to prove that someone outside rheum believes it
Reminds me of observations we’ve all made in people who have had a stroke or have post polio syndrome and develop RA.
Interesting animal model of nerve ligation in inflamm arthritis but I can’t find the one from 12-13 yrs ago. This one is close though: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.14…
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Looking forward to this event! @digital_rheuma @eular_org @eularHPR @EULAR_Press @APLAR_org @GlobalRheum
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An art-filled exhibit on racial segregation and swimming is finally open at Fairmount Water Works dlvr.it/SMHGHp
Seems to build off work (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2487…, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3306…) on nurse-led education + comorbidity mgt in inflammatory arthritis, but let us not forget the impressive outcomes of nurse-led care in gout.
thelancet.com/journals/lance…
Counseling and self-management are key
📋 Nurse-led patient education is useful to help manage safety issue with bDMARDs such as dealing with infections or willingness for vaccination✔️ Shown in this multicentre, open-labelled, randomised controlled trial rmdopen.bmj.com/content/8/1/…
An increasing body of evidence by Dr. Adami + others suggests that air pollution is associated with risk of developing autoimmune conditions, as well as poor response of inflammatory arthritis to medications: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
AND increase in flares: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3347…
❗ 🏭 Long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with higher risk of developing autoimmune diseases, in particular #rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue diseases and #IBD shows this retrospective observational study from Italy rmdopen.bmj.com/content/8/1/…
Other studies have identified an increase in autoantibodies in people exposed to air pollution including Kumar et al: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3291…
A couple of nice reviews:
@jeffsparks on occupational hazards, air pollution and other non-cigarette inhalants and risk of RA pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3214…
systematic review from @seminarthrheum by Di et al on exposure to air pollution and risk of RA: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3176…
Excellent JAMA patient page on rheumatoid arthritis from @Bermanjr jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Finally something pitchbot didn’t pitch: The city unveiled a renewed anti-idling program in 2020 with the kitschy endorsement of, yes, Billy Idol, the spiky-haired rock star of “Rebel Yell” and “White Wedding” fame. “Billy Never Idles,” went the tagline.
nytimes.com/2022/03/19/nyreg…
If 3x as many #phled 8th graders qualified for special admit HS this year compared to last, AND there was a zip code pref AND a lottery, why did the same number of kids from our not-zip code pref school end up at Central etc. this year compared to last?
Oh no, not again: not a good day in Philly area hospital news
audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news…
Crozer Health, which is in line to be acquired by Delaware’s largest health system, plans to “temporarily suspend” intensive care and surgical services at Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill by the end of May. trib.al/QRTMAFG
about the #phled superintendent search, interested to find that krish mohip was recently a candidate for cincinnati though didn't make finalist. his CV and cover letter are apparently public record (i'm curious but it's not published here): cincinnati.com/story/news/20…
will also note as an aside that it looks like 2/3 cincinnati superintendent finalists are women #phled: cincinnati.com/story/news/20…
Years ago I read Mountains Beyond Mountains during an existentialist crisis (good move). I remain amazed by how much I learned about public health, activism, inclusive design, teaching, medicine, simply by learning about Paul Farmer.
Where are the schools with the most contaminated outlets?
I’m glad to hear these fountains are not in use, but this is horrifying and needs to be fixed urgently.
#phled
Updated #PHLed story - district says lead-in-water report is "not an accurate reflection" of water quality. Previously: new report says 98% of schools tested had lead-containing water. inquirer.com/news/philadelph…