The scientific method isn't only for scientists. It can help us all learn faster. Study of 759 startups: teaching scientific thinking boosts revenue. Founders become quicker to abandon bad ideas. A key to good judgment is treating plans as hypotheses and choices as experiments.

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Happy to share that Indian Rheumatology Association guidelines for the management of ANCA ... o mine now. Would be especially helpful in decision making in resource constrained settings sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Regions of the human brain may shrink in size during pregnancy, but have better connectivity, with only a few regions of the brain remaining untouched by the transition to motherhood, according to research published in Nature Neuroscience. go.nature.com/4enUvov

British Society Guidelines for Managing Behçet’s Disease An exhaustive, full read guideline from the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) and the British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) on the management and treatment of Behçet’s disease (BD) in 2024 has been published in

Need a power/sample size calculation for a study or upcoming grant? Led by Emil Hodzic-Santor, we built a simple, free, and pain-free (!) shiny app. feedback welcome plz share with interested parties. check it out: powercalc.ca 🦾🤓 Michelle Sholzberg Kieran Campbell Lianne Jeffs

2024 BSR guideline for management of systemic sclerosis #scleroderma Early diagnosis ▶️History: #Raynaud’s phenomenon ▶️Examination: Puffy fingers ▶️Investigation: ANA, nailfold #capillaroscopy, SSc-specific autoantibodies 👉🏽academic.oup.com/rheumatology/a… via Rheumatology & Rheumatology Advances in Practice

🔥🔥🔥This case-control study evaluates the effectiveness of ultrasound (greyscale, color Doppler, and shear wave elastography (SWE) in distinguishing between active and inactive morphea lesions, aiming to improve the accuracy of morphea management. Our results indicated that the

🔥🔥🔥 Don’t miss it!!! This review, which is Open Access and just published, practically analyzes the main ultrasonographic features of the most common types of skin cancers and the performance of locoregional staging according to the literature. It is illustrated with

Recommendations regarding biologics safety during pregnancy #Rheumatology #Biologics #Pregnancy #Teratogenicity #Immunosuppression *From: D'Gama, Jonathan, Bermas, Bonnie. Safety of biologic agents for the management of rheumatic diseases during pregnancy. Curr Opin Rheumatol.

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Resembling a torch, the flambeau sign is a trichoscopic finding indicative of fibrosis in traction alopecia (TA). The affected area of traction shows linear white tracks in the direction of hair pull. bit.ly/4hfbWd4

🎉 Thrilled to share our work in Nature Communications! We found centenarians have (slightly) fewer harmful genetic variants - suggesting depletion of damaging mutations contributes to exceptional longevity. Incredible collaboration with Nir Barzilai, Zhengdong Zhang Sofiya Milman

In patients with severe alopecia areata, withdrawal of therapy among patients who achieved meaningful hair regrowth after 1 year of treatment with baricitinib resulted in almost all patients losing their hair. With retreatment, most recaptured response. ja.ma/48phNZc

ChatGPT generates fake references to papers that don't exist. So, researchers at Stanford built Storm. It's an AI-powered app that generates well-researched articles with references to published sources. Here's how to use it:

Researchers conducted a systematic review and network meta-analysis in Journal of Drugs in Dermatology (JDD) comparing the effectiveness of moderate-to-severe #acnetreatments. Researchers included 85 studies in their investigation and found that topical triple-agent fixed-dose...aad.org/dw/weekly/sept…

Low-dose naltrexone shows promise in treating nail lichen planus with notable improvement and no side effects. ja.ma/3YI1ZNW

Best of 2024: Good Clinical Practice Recommendations on Glucocorticoid Withdrawal and Adrenal Insufficiency buff.ly/4j4edsl