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Every year, the American Society of Retina Specialists releases the results of its latest Preferences and Trends Survey at the annual meeting. This year, the survey highlighted some surprising differences between US and international retina specialists, including off-label medication use and what drives drug choices for patients, said Paul Hahn, MD, vitreoretinal surgeon at NJRetina.

Faster and sectoral central location of ganglion cell complex thinning could be used to determine the risk of vision-related quality of life in patients with glaucoma.

Data show surgery leads to the best outcomes.

Screening for islet autoantibodies at ages 2 and 6 was highly predictive of type 1 diabetes (T1D) onset by age 15.

After struggling for months with a Clostridioides difficile infection, Freda Pyles traveled from her home to rural Pennsylvania to Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut for the therapy that ultimately healed her.

A recent study characterized the known association between corticosteroid exposure and type 2 diabetes (T2D), finding risk to be associated with treatment- and patient-related characteristics that can inform prescription of treatment with steroids.

House Democrats introduced a bill that would guarantee abortion access nationwide; Senator Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, will not approve a bill that would reduce drug prices due to the energy and climate investments contained within the bill; the new Omicron subvariant of COVID-19 that is dominating the nation is more vaccine resistant.

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The retina space is evolving due to new technology that is changing the way specialists deliver care, whether that means offering the ability to do new procedures in the office or providing more virtual or hybrid care.

The combination regimen delivered better overall survival and response rates among patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

The study of postmenopausal women in Iran found the efficacy of the biosimilar was noninferior to the reference product and the safety was comparable after 18 months.

Anne McCall, PhD, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana, in New Orleans, delves into the new partnership between the university and Takeda.

Additional population-based studies of autoimmune hemolytic anemia and its management are needed to reduce mortality in this patient population.

A late-stage trial of dupilumab in young children showed the biologic induced remission in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).

Patrick Burnett, MD, PhD, FAAD, chief medical officer of Arcutis Biotherapeutics, discusses findings of a recent survey exploring the emotional burden of plaque psoriasis and unmet needs related to current topical treatments.

Certain characteristics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including dysphagia risk factors and peak expiratory flow measures, play a role in lowering patients’ voice-related quality of life, according to a recent study.

New date from the KEYNOTE-716 trial show distant metastasis-free survival benefit from pembrolizumab use in melanoma.

The FDA authorized the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, providing an alternative to mRNA-based vaccines; HHS guidance urged pharmacies to continue to fill prescriptions for pills used for abortion; the House passed a bill expanding health care benefits for veterans who inhaled toxic fumes on duty.

Panelists in Wednesday’s webinar, “Don’t Skip Her Beat,” addressed gender disparities in heart failure treatment and offered advice for how women can seek the best care.

Conflicting prior study results on the effectiveness of calprotectin expression as a protective or pathologic response among persons with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) spurred this new investigation.

Patients who received regular physical therapy had improvement that was 4 times better than nusinersen alone, findings from this new study show.

Although prediabetes prevalence jumped 4.8 percentage points from 2010 to 2020, barriers to accessing diabetes prevention interventions persist, driven by cost, eligibility requirements, and data integration, leading to low participation rates.

Hospital ward cleaning with potassium peroxymonosulphate-based environmental disinfectant and a decrease in days of therapy with carbapenems were associated with a reduction in the rate of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection.

To reduce bias based on the user’s current health status, a mobile health intervention used a future-self avatar to help individuals understand long-term effects of physical activity and nutrition on their body.

Updated Suicide Prevention Lifeline number 988 takes effect July 16; deal to prevent spike in health insurance costs relies on support from Senator Joe Manchin III; monkeypox vaccine appointments are difficult to access in New York City.

A significant decline in HIV-related service utilization was observed among at-risk populations in India during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A booster dose of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine cut infection risk nearly in half, study finds.