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Matthew Mansh, MD, FAAD, discusses inequities faced by transgender and gender-diverse patient populations.

The advent of gene therapies, which can target specific variants, means pinpointing the genetic roots of each patient’s disease has taken on new importance, researchers said.

A recent review highlighted a selection of emerging therapies and advances in sickle cell disease (SCD) that focus on renal manifestations.

The model has potential to assist integrated delivery network health care providers through early identification of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare but fast-progressing condition.

New findings show that VX-880, a stem cell-derived islet cell therapy, can restore endogenous insulin secretion and improve glycemic control in people living with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

The cross-sectional study of 260 people with epilepsy collected data between October and December 2020, months following the onset of the pandemic in the United States.

"Our research is unique in its attempt to describe a high-need, high-cost patient population who might benefit from increased monitoring or intervention,"Ann Cameron, PhD, says.

A recent study found that depressive symptoms improved among patients with severe asthma who responded to monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy, but baseline depression symptoms were associated with lower therapy response rates.

Epcoritamab has been added to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for B-cell Lymphomas in the third- or later-line setting for the treatment of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

E-cigarette sales dropped in 2022 following a spike; President Joe Biden will sign an executive order designed to guard and expand contraception access; Ochsner Health and MD Anderson Cancer Center are partnering to serve patients in Louisiana with cancer.

Researchers discovered that exercise helps to alleviate various symptoms for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease, and lung cancer.

A panel of experts at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting presented the latest research and equity considerations for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in hematological cancers.

Idiopathic hypersomnia treatment should be determined based on factors like symptom profile, age, comorbidities, and additional medications, says review.

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Following safety reports of bleeding events after treatment with upifitamab rilsodotin among patients with platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer, the FDA places a partial clinical hold on enrollment for the UP-NEXT and UPGRADE-A trials.

Multiple risk factors for uncontrolled asthma include racial and ethnic barriers, as well as health insurance status, according to one study.

Researchers noted that despite the promising findings, more novel treatments are needed to overcome the disease’s resistance.

New estimates predict that type 2 diabetes prevalence will more than double in the next 30 years, from 529 million people in 2021 to at least 1.3 billion in 2050.

Shifts in clinical treatment patterns could prompt investigators to revisit the cost-effectiveness question.

Considering the depth and durability of responses with axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) in large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL), the investigators added that CAR T cells should no longer be seen as a therapy only for heavily pretreated patients, but also as an option for earlier lines of therapy.

The US federal government is finally updating its standards for reporting data on race and ethnicity – and it’s an urgently needed chance to enable a national overview of crucial data on health inequities

A session chaired by ASCO and ESMO leadership included experts on the latest lung and colorectal cancer screening technologies and persistent disparities in screening access and uptake.

Hospitalizations of infants in 4 middle-income countries were associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) during the respiratory illness season.

Data presented at the 2023 European Hematology Association Annual Meeting showed positive outcomes in patients with follicular lymphoma and large B-cell lymphoma, and further evaluation in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is ongoing.

Andy Blauvelt, MD, MBA, president of Oregon Medical Research Center, discusses challenges many physicians face in getting approved for the most effective drugs to treat patients with atopic dermatitis (AD).

PhRMA files a lawsuit against the Inflation Reduction Act; a CDC advisory panel recommends that older adults receive Pfizer and GSK RSV vaccines; a federal program to improve rural maternal care has missed Black women.

Patients often relapse after discharge from acute care because of long waits for outpatient treatment, lack of specialized therapists, out-of-pocket costs, and inadequate social support.

Higher baseline blood eosinophil count was linked to improvement in asthma exacerbations and overall better outcomes seen with biologic therapies.

Officials note it could slow acquisition of physicians’ offices, but hospitals bristle at prospect.

Researchers laid out 6 position statements for the technology in this patient population.