The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman discusses this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist. Included is an excerpt from this month’s Editor’s Picks spotlight interview with author Sofie Gernaat about her and her co-author’s article "Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Risk in Pregnant Women With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus" - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210087

This month’s selections also include:

Movahedi, et al: Physician- and Patient-reported Effectiveness Are Similar for Tofacitinib and TNFi in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Data From a Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.211066

El Tal, et al: Consensus Approach to a Treat-to-target Strategy in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Care: Report From the 2020 PR-COIN Consensus Conference - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210709

Thompson, et al: Modifiable Factors and Incident Gout Across Ethnicity Within a Large Multiethnic Cohort of Older Adults - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210394

Widdifield, et al: COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Among Individuals With Immune-mediated Inflammatory Diseases in Ontario, Canada, Between December 2020 and October 2021: A Population-based Analysis - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.211148

Van Praet, et al: Acute Perimyocarditis in a Case of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210850

Chang, et al: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Increases the Risk of Gestational Diabetes: Truth or Illusion? - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.211374

McCormick and Choi: Racial Disparities in the Modern Gout Epidemic - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.220173

To read these, and other full articles visit www.jrheum.org.

Music by David Hilowitz