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by Adam J. Brown, MD
Rheumatology is an incredibly fast-moving and exciting field of medicine that can be difficult to keep up with. This Healio podcast provides busy clinicians with quick updates in the field of autoimmunity, with emphasis on new medications, treatment guidelines and explorations into the pathophysiology of diseases. The show will also feature historical perspectives in the field of rheumatology, as well as fascinating case presentations of medical mysteries complete with discussions from experts in the field.
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- 1 weeks ago25 min
GCA mimics: How to spot them, a case-based discussion with Dr. Leonard H. Calabrese, DO
Not all jaw claudication is giant cell arteritis. Hear some interesting cases and learn about things to look for in the labs to suspect an alternative diagnosis along with co-host Leonard H. Calabrese, DO. · When GCA isn't GCA, walking through mimic cases 2:43 · Infectious mimics 14:36 · Large vessel involvement cases 16:47 · GCA as a medical emergency 22:05 · Erdheim-Chester disease 23:40 We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum.
- Apr 28, 202646 min
Bats, boats, baths, and vasculitis: The story of ultrasound in GCA
In this week's episode we interview Kinanah Yaseen, MD, a rheumatologist from Cleveland Clinic's department of rheumatic and immunologic diseases about using ultrasound for giant cell arteritis. · Intro by Adam J. Brown, MD 0:12 · Dr. Brown's recent patient 1:34 · History of ultrasound and GCA 3:20 · Episode overview 7:05 · History of echolocation; how bats helped us invent ultrasound 8:00 · What is a bat bomb? 14:56 · How the Titanic helped us invent ultrasound 16:48 · Neurologists bring ultrasound to medicine 20:09 · OB/GYN is next to use ultrasound 23:11 · Ultrasound image quality becomes better 26:32 ·
- Mar 24, 20261h 5m
ILD for the rheumatologist: Digging through the past and making sense of the present
In this week's episode we interview Joseph Parambil, MD, staff member in the department of pulmonary, allergy and critical care medicine at Cleveland Clinic, about the current challenges of interstitial lung disease, or ILD. · Intro by Adam J. Brown, MD 0:12 · Welcome back Joseph Parambil, MD 0:32 · But first, some medical history on ILD 1:04 · ILD vs. IPF 2:26 · A quick aside into silicosis and bleomycin 4:27 · Trying to describe pulmonary fibrosis 5:23 · The different types of ILD 9:44 · Finding a slow progression of disease and autoimmune conditions 10:59 · Pulmonary fibrosis diagnoses in 1963 14:41 · The modern era of ILD 16:22 <span style= "font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: i
- Feb 24, 202640 min
Healio Community Book Club: A conversation between Leonard Calabrese, DO and Kevin Tracey, MD, author of The Great Nerve
This special edition episode features the latest installment of Healio Community's book club. Physician author Kevin J. Tracey, MD, discussed his book, The Great Nerve: The New Science of the Vagus Nerve and How to Harness Its Healing Reflexes in which he explores the potential of stimulating the vagus nerve to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases. · Intro by Adam J. Brown, MD 0:14 · A warm welcome from Leonard H. Calabrese, DO 0:25 · Introducing Kevin J. Tracey, MD 0:58 · The connection between the brain and the immune system 3:25 · Where was the switch that combined neural networks and immune response? 5:55 · A brief summary of the main parts of The Great Nerve: The New Science of the Vagus Nerve and How to Harness Its Healing Reflexes 9:18 · The science of vagal nerve stimulation 11:03 · What are the pros and cons of different strategies of stimulating the vagus nerve? 16:28 · Different inflammatory responses to implant devices 17:35 · </sp
- Jan 29, 202631 min
Celebrating 101 episodes of Healio Rheuminations with Dr. Leonard Calabrese
To celebrate 101 episodes, I sit with Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, to discuss his unique career in Rheumatology, spanning immunology, HIV, MECFS, IRES, CNS vasculitis and more. We also discuss how medical history shaped our careers. · Intro 0:12 · Welcome Leonard H. Calabrese, DO 3:11 · A quick friendship begins over medical history 4:14 · How Healio Rheuminations began and where the show is now 5:38 · How Dr. Calabrese got interested in medical history 7:11 · Serotherapy 10:52 · Why patients get certain diseases 12:33 · Dr. Calabrese's career trajectory 14:43 · One day in 1981… 17:52 · A few things happened in the 90's 20:20 <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "text-indent: -.25i
- Nov 25, 202542 min
The history of giant cell arteritis: Infections, injections and the man who couldn't wear a hat
What does a goiter and syphilis have in common with the first descriptions of giant cell arteritis? Join us as we dive into the history of the most common type of vasculitis! Intro 0:13 GCA at ACR 2025 00:30 How Brown has approached framing this episode 1:01 A primer leading us to GCA 3:15 Let's get to the story 4:02 The man who couldn't wear a hat 4:57 Dr. Bayard Horton's 7:40 A tangent on cluster headaches 8:27 Let's get back to GCA 13:16 The first temporal artery biopsy 14:28 Vision loss and other puzzle pieces of GCA 16:27 What about jaw claudication? 21:15 Could GCA be transmissible? Injecting ground temporal arteries into healthy volunteers 24:13 Oxygen? Histamines? Adrenal cortical extract? Looking for GCA treatments 26:55 Steroids and GCA 28:40 A quote from the 1959 Mayo Clinic Board of Governors 32:24 Extracranial involvement in GCA 33:24 When did we recognize aorta involvement? Syphilis enters the picture 35:08 A recap of the history of GCA 41:25 Thanks for listening 42:19 We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum. References: Boes CJ, Cephalalgia. 2007;doi:10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01238.x Cummer CL, et al. JAMA. 1912;doi:10.1001/jama.1912.04270080101004 Horton BT, Proc Cent SOC Clin Res. 1946 Sproul EE, et al. Am J Pathol. 1937;PMID: 19970328 Disclosures: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures.
- Oct 13, 202538 min
The Unnecessarily Complex Story of Rheumatoid Factor
The story of rheumatoid factor could be a 10 minute episode, but in this episode, we dig deep into the history of the lab techniques leading up to this discovery…that happened twice. Intro 0:15 Rheumatoid factor quick background and history 00:36 Rheumatology blood tests 3:02 What is Rheumatoid factor? 3:49 Spiderman and latex agglutination: Testing for rheumatoid factor 4:50 The double discovery of rheumatoid factor 8:03 Putting agglutination on the medical map in 1896 10:08 Pop Quiz! 11:21 Serotherapy 13:10 When did we start using agglutination for testing? 14:17 First discovery of blood groups 14:50 The complement fixation test 17:22 Testing for syphilis with complement fixation and agglutination 21:01 The first discovery of rheumatoid factor 24:11 We forget about rheumatoid factor 27:44 Rediscovering rheumatoid factor 28:20 Analytical ultracentrifugation 32:50 What rheumatoid factor is used for 36:01 Thanks for listening 38:22 We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum. References: Assadian O et al. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2010;doi:10.1007/s00508-009-1297-1 Edelman GM, et al. J Exp Med. 1958;doi:10.1084/jem.108.1.105 Franklin EC, et al. J Exp Med. 1957;doi:10.1084/jem.105.5.425 Fraser KJ. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 1988;doi:10.1016/0049-0172(88)90035-2 Jonsson R. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020;doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216822 Mohd Noor NH, et al. Cureus. 2024;doi:10.7759/cureus.68903 Tan EM, et al. J Exp Med. 2016;doi:10.1084/jem.20160792 Disclosures: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures.
- Sep 29, 202521 min
Don't forget the toes: Managing patients with ANCA vasculitis
Active or not active, that is the question. In this week's episode we interview Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD, MPH, a staff physician in the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research at Cleveland Clinic and a leading vasculitis expert, on a pragmatic approach to recognizing disease activity in patients with ANCA vasculitis. · Intro 0:01 · Welcome Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD, MPH 0:10 · Dr. Brown sketches a potential patient that may be seen in practice 0:40 · How are you monitoring patients' kidneys? 1:28 · How reliable are 'no casts' results in urinalysis tests? 4:15 · What is happening in the glomeruli? 5:23 · The importance of monitoring the urinalysis of patients with ANCA vasculitis 7:06 · Symptoms to watch for when tapering off medications 7:43 · Different scenarios with lung symptoms 9:35 · Evaluating patients with GPA; looking at the nose, ear and sinuses 12:20 <li class="MsoListPa
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