All News

The trial followed patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) for 6 months, evaluating outcomes in patients struggling to achieve glucose targets with the conventional treatment.

The authors found the association by comparing echocardiographic and biochemical changes after 5 years in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Pediatric patients who developed atopic dermatitis (AD) before 2 years of age had an increased risk of neurodevelopmental dysfunction, including gross and fine motor skills, at 6 years old.

Quantifying the risk of malignant melanoma from methotrexate use proved difficult in this new study, with the authors calling for larger studies with longer follow-up to guide future practice in the space.

The findings suggest that sequential mutant IDH inhibitor therapy might be one way to fight resistance in metastatic intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC).

Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) said the treatment’s efficacy was the most important feature injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), over side effects, cost, protection duration, and delivery method.

This analysis of 5 studies found that, compared with placebo, all biologic regimens improved Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) 90 response—considered a gold standard goal due to its correlation with quality of life.

A significant portion of patients who receive chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy experience immune effector cell–associated neurotoxicity syndrome, and this recent study suggests neurofilament light chain protein levels may hold promise as a biomarker to identify at-risk patients.

Under a new contract with AmerisourceBergen Corp, HHS will expand access to monkeypox vaccines and treatments; as President Jow Biden encouraged Americans to receive their COVID-19 boosters this fall, the White House signaled toward annual COVID-19 boosters; Juul has reached a settlement with 37 states and Puerto Rico regarding the company’s marketing to teens.

Night sweats were independently associated with a higher hypoxemia burden in patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

This study investigated long-term mortality outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) among patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) below 50% and comorbid severe aortic stenosis.

Significant worsening of physical and mental symptoms of Parkinson disease was shown in a meta-analysis of diverse patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, with those of lower-income countries shown to be exceptionally vulnerable.

A prospective cohort study found that women who replaced processed red meat with fatty fish, unprocessed red meat, or vegetables had reduced risks of hypertension and diabetes.

Post-menopausal women who had dynapenic-abdominal obesity, determined by hand-grip strength and waist circumference, had a higher risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) compared with controls.

An estimated 1 in 4 patients treated with durvalumab and chemotherapy (gemcitabine plus cisplatin) was alive at 2 years compared with 1 in 10 treated with chemotherapy alone, with these results contributing to the FDA's approval of the first immunotherapy to treat these cancers.

The case emphasizes the importance for clinician awareness of the potential for rare immune-mediated disorders, including acquired hemophilia A (AHA), following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

A new therapeutic paradigm has heightened the need for meaningful measures of assessing patients.

CVS announces its plan to buy Signify Health for $8 billion; government budgets and low reimbursement could limit the ability for new moms to stay on Medicaid for a year after childbirth; the long-lasting symptoms of COVID-19 could be keeping millions of people out of the workforce.

A new study finds anxiety and depression are more common in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) if they also have nephritis.

The increase in the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in Louisiana was nearly double that of the United States as a whole between 2005 and 2015.

The management of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) in adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients is currently similar to that of older patients. However, comprehensive research is needed to form guidelines for this younger population.

The multidisciplinary home care program aims to improve health outcomes and functioning while reducing health care use and preventing long-term nursing home placement.

A review of 6 studies on treatment options for hepatic encephalopathy found that many require further research before they can be recommended.

Inactive occupational status and low educational level were associated with pain, late disease onset, and greater number of affected areas in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa.

A digital pet app used as a prescription digital therapeutic (PDT) to encourage children to complete prescribed therapies received high engagement and function scores from children living with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

The ALLIANCE trial is investigating the responses of treatment-naïve persons living with comorbid HIV (PLWH)/hepatitis B virus to a triplet regimen of bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide vs dolutegravir plus emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.

A recent review suggests point-of-care ultrasound can help home hospital care providers assess, diagnose, and monitor a range of conditions with relatively little additional training.

Older adults who reported longer total sleep time, lower rapid eye movement (REM) sleep percentage, and higher minimum oxygen saturations during REM sleep had an increased risk of developing Parkinson disease (PD).

Machine learning models collected using a crowdsourcing approach that provide feasible, quick, and accurate methods to quantify joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) could potentially be incorporated into electronic health records.

The researchers compiled data from studies of lirentelimab, mepolizumab, reslizumab, and benralizumab, highlighting the difficulties in finding an effective approach with eosinophil-targeted treatments for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).