April 29th 2025
Jon Giles, MD, speaks to the power of personalized medicine and multidisciplinary care to enhance treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Choosing the Right MS Treatment by Customizing Therapy to the Individual
September 13th 2020With more multiple sclerosis (MS) treatments becoming available, it is now possible to better personalize approaches, explained speakers during a session at MSVirtual 2020: 8th Joint ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS Meeting.
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Real-World Study: Dupilumab for Atopic Dermatitis More Effective Than Clinical Trial Results
September 12th 2020The broadest real-life study of dupilumab in atopic dermatitis (AD) found significant improvements in adults with moderate to severe AD that were even greater than the results reported in clinical trials.
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Dr Neal Jain Explains How Dupilumab Differentiated Itself as a Late Entrant to the Asthma Market
September 11th 2020Even though dupilumab was a late entrant to the market to treat asthma, its efficacy “speaks for itself,” said Neal Jain MD, FAAP, FAAAAI, of Arizona Allergy & Immunology Research, Arcadia Allergy & Asthma, and San Tan Allergy & Asthma.
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Study Highlights Prevalence of Comorbid Autoimmune Diseases, T1D in Pediatric Populations
September 9th 2020In recent years, the number of children diagnosed with additional autoimmune diseases accompanying type 1 diabetes (T1D) has increased, according to a study published in Frontiers in Endocrinology.
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Contributor: Telehealth Claim Lines Increased 4132% Nationally From June 2019 to June 2020
September 3rd 2020Telehealth claim lines increased 4132% nationally from June 2019 to June 2020, rising from 0.16% of medical claim lines in June 2019 to 6.85% in June 2020, according to new data from FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
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Novel Insomnia Indication Shows Long-Term Efficacy and Safety on Sleep Onset, Maintenance
August 28th 2020Data to be presented at SLEEP 2020 showed Eisai Inc's lemborexant (DAYVIGO) had statistically significant long-term efficacy and safety compared with placebo on sleep maintenance and onset in patients with insomnia disorder, said Margaret Moline, PhD.
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How Virtual Care, Back-to-School Support, Health Inequities Are Influencing Employer Action
August 20th 2020In 2 surveys, employers identified efforts to increase availability of virtual care, support employees undertaking greater caregiving roles, and address social and health inequities as a result of the pandemic.
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For Short Bouts of Acute Pain, Avoid Opioids, Guidelines Caution
August 18th 2020New guidelines from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians are cautioning providers against treating patients with acute pain from musculoskeletal injuries with opioids.
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Do ICD-10 Codes Accurately Reflect COVID-19 Symptoms?
August 18th 2020Findings published in JAMA Network Open show ICD-10 codes perform poorly in capturing COVID-19-related symptoms, highlighting the critical need for meticulous data validation to feed multicenter registries built from electronic medical records.
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Screening for Breast Cancer at Younger Ages Linked to Reduced Mortality
August 14th 2020Screening women aged 40 to 49 years for breast cancer reduced mortality by 25% in the first 10 years compared with waiting until at age 50 years and older, which is the common practice in the United Kingdom.
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Differences in the Risk of Orthopedic Surgery for Patients With RA, Psoriatic Arthritis
August 14th 2020The risk of orthopedic surgery has declined for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) over the course of decades, but the same trend has not occurred for patients with psoriatic arthritis.
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