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A panel of specialists proposed 26 essential elements for comprehensive pediatric sickle cell disease care, laying groundwork for standardized guidelines and the establishment of accredited care centers in the future.

Currently, there is no treatment approved for resectable cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), nor do we have biomarkers to predict treatment response, noted Neil D. Gross, MD, FACS, head and neck surgeon and director of clinical research in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

While chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) typically progresses slowly, awareness of rare but potentially serious complications is crucial to improve outcomes.

Joseph Alvarnas, MD, vice president of government affairs at City of Hope and chief clinical adviser of AccessHope in Duarte, California, spoke on how the California Cancer Care Equity Act will allow oncologists to escalate the care of patients with advanced cancers toward established centers that can better meet their needs, as well as implications from the decision to exclude genomic testing coverage in the bill.

The study highlights a need for further research into potential contributors, including the possibility that sicker patients may receive more prompt treatment.

Melissa O'Connor, PhD, MBA, RN, FGSA, FAAN, endowed professor in community and home health nursing, M. Louise Fitzpatrick School of Nursing, Villanova University, and director, Gerontology Interest Group, spoke on the early use of technology in assessing older adults in the home setting and what research is required to improve best practices for their use.

Disease symptomatology may be the same, but the presentation of heart failure (HF) and heart attacks differ between women and men, explained Amresh Raina, MD, of the Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

A risk prediction model may offer insight in evaluating depression and anxiety in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

World Pneumonia Day is Saturday, November 12, and health organizations issued a call to action to do a better job of diagnosing, treating, and preventing the disease.

Over the course of voxelotor treatment, hemoglobin levels and hemolysis markers improved, with results sustained over the treatment period.

Pediatric patients who developed coexisting Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) while hospitalized for cystic fibrosis exhibited greater mortality risk, length of stay, and cost compared with those without cooccuring CDI.

The observational study found that 25% of deaths were premature and that mortality associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) resulted from cardiovascular, cancer, and respiratory causes

Liz Lightstone, MBBS, PhD, FRCP, professor of renal medicine for the faculty of medicine, Imperial College London, discussed recently approved therapeutic options for patients with lupus nephritis and what unmet needs persist in the management of the disease.

For the US health care system to be appropriately patient-centered, clinical trials need to be reflective of the country's diversity, said Joseph Alvarnas, MD, vice president of government affairs and senior medical director for employer strategy at City of Hope.

Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, executive vice president of public policy and strategic initiatives at Texas Oncology, expands on her keynote address at the 2022 meeting of Patient-Centered Oncology Care®, which focused on DESTINY-Breast04 study findings and their applicability to managed care.

Telehealth diagnoses in the South and West regions of the United States saw a reduction in COVID-19 diagnoses.

Patients with hidradenitis suppurativa who reported feelings of stigmatization due to their condition had worse quality of life and higher levels of depression and social anxiety vs those not reporting feelings of stigmatization.

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More than 100 health care organizations signed a HHS climate resilience pledge; linking patients in addiction treatment with a primary care practitioner is linked with improved long-term health outcomes; older men and women with weak grip strength may have accelerated biological aging.

Genetic factors previously known to predispose people to hyperopia were not risk factors for clinically significant depression in the study.

The report, from the CDC, said that more than 3 million youth, or almost 1 in 9, reported using tobacco this year, and that disparities persist among US middle and high school students, with the highest rates among those who struggle in school or who have severe severe psychological distress.

A new study found that an imbalance of 2 placental proteins, serum soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 and placental growth factor, could predict the risk of a severe form of preeclampsia.

This investigation involved analyses of the potential for pulmonary hypertension (PH) and interstitial lung disease (ILD) to have an impact on patients living with systemic sclerosis.

The hesitation to prescribe nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to patients with hemophilia is not supported by current research, based on a recently published review, but the available studies had significant limitations.

Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, reacts to receiving the 2022 Seema S. Sonnad Emerging Leader in Managed Care Research Award.

Patients with intermediate and mild Parkinson disease, defined by a Hoehn & Yahr stage of 3 or less, experienced an additional deterioration in motor function with simvastatin compared with placebo while not taking medication at 24 months.

The increasing rate of melanoma diagnosis may not be due to actual disease, the authors of a new study posit; instead, it may be due to overdiagnosis of patients with an actual very low risk of death.

A study in Brazil found that delaying the start to the school day by an hour improved sleepiness and mood profile in children attending high school.

Population health brings an important lens to both oncology practice and research, said Neil Iyengar, MD, associate attending physician, breast medical service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

A listeria outbreak has been linked to deli meats and cheeses; the World Health Organization announced that there has been a 90% drop in recent deaths in COVID-19 globally compared with 9 months ago; Eli Lilly was ordered to pay $176.5 million in a US migraine drug patent trial.