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Many roadblocks exist to detecting and assessing pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD), but creative thinking and artificial intelligence (AI) may soon help improve the landscape.

The accelerated approval was based on the results of the eNRGy trial of 64 patients with NRG1-positive non–small cell lung cancer and 30 patients with NRG1-positive pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Tirzepatide and semaglutide, both medications for obesity treatment, demonstrate similar safety and efficacy but tirzepatide resulted in greater levels of weight loss among patients compared with semaglutide.

A qualitative study spoke to emergency department and HIV clinic staff to evaluate the feasibility of initiating pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in patients visiting the emergency department.

A proposal from the Biden administration to provide coverage of weight loss drugs through Medicaid and Medicare may cost more than it saves.

Presentations at the European Hematology Association (EHA) 2024 Congress were encouraging for their data on innovations within the hematology/oncology space that are reshaping treatment outcomes.

Older adults from Hispanic, Asian, and non-Hispanic Black populations in the US are more likely to reach age 100 compared with their non-Hispanic White peers.

Panelists proposed policy solutions to ensure long-term sustainability of infused biosimilars amid current challenges, including average sales price erosion and reimbursement issues.

Divya Gupta, MD, assistant professor at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, emphasized the transformative role of biomarker-driven therapies in advancing non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment and highlighted the critical importance of multidisciplinary collaboration.

Insurance hurdles worsen delays, force abandoned treatments, and result in hospitalizations and deaths, radiation oncologists report nationwide.

Our top content from the Spring Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit featured topics on health care worker retention, advancements in precision medicine, and more!

Discover strategies for identifying, treating, and supporting those affected by seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

More than 70% of patients continued treatment with secukinumab after the first year, a study finds.

Older adults in the United States are disproportionately affected by health care costs compared with their counterparts in other wealthy nations.

While race-aware models showed superior statistical calibration across racial and ethnic groups, their benefits in clinical decision-making were less pronounced than expected.

A new study revealed divergent policies on artificial intelligence (AI) use in peer review among leading medical journals, with confidentiality concerns driving prohibitions.

Gene therapy partially restores visual processing in the geniculostriate pathway of patients with Leber congenital amaurosis type 2 while maintaining compensatory activity in the retinotectal pathway.

Women who had children had a higher risk of reaching a visual acuity below 6/24 compared with those who did not have children.

With new CDC data expressing optimism about the epidemic of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), take a look at the current novel approaches in STI care and learn about crucial next steps to combat this public health issue.

Recent insights shed light onto the most effective diagnostic tools for laryngeal myasthenia gravis (MG), a poorly understood and often misdiagnosed condition, is most reliably.

Experts are now urging the inclusion of sickle cell disease in the global health agenda to address disparities in treatment access.

Presentations at the 2024 Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Summit focused on reshaping specialty pharmacy while keeping patients front and center.

Cancer drug prices rose post-launch in the US, while they declined in Germany and Switzerland.

The 6-year mandatory Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model aims to boost kidney transplants and address disparities by incentivizing hospitals, enhancing care coordination, and measuring transplant outcome performance.

Meaningful change thresholds for the EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) are: −11/+11 for symptom burden, −16/+16 for physical condition/fatigue, and −16/+13 for worries/fears.

Changes in cardiorespiratory fitness from youth to adulthood was associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence risk.

Investigators were seeking clarification on optimal sequencing of the immune checkpoint inhibitor atezolizumab following treatment failure and disease progression after receipt of nivolumab and pembrolizumab.

The approval of Yesintek (ustekinumab-kfce), the sixth biosimilar to reference Stelara, will be used to treat patients with various immunology conditions, including psoriatic arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.

Matias Sanchez, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago, discussed recent advancements in multiple myeloma treatment, including the potential of cell therapies and bispecific antibodies.

Researchers review the safety, efficacy, and considerations for COVID-19 vaccination in multiple sclerosis patients, especially those on disease-modifying therapies, affirming the vaccine's overall benefit in reducing severe COVID-19 risks without significantly increasing MS relapse rates.