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The group emphasizes the importance of management strategies that consider 5 types, or groups, of pulmonary hypertension (PH), including 4 types secondary to other conditions.

A national analysis found significant disparities between non-binary transgender individuals and cisgender individuals related to mental health.

However, the association between familial hypercholesterolemia variants and coronary heart disease slightly weakened after adjusting for baseline low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level and became statistically insignificant after adjusting for cumulative past LDL-C exposure.

Research on the state of health care, health outcomes, and health inequities in the criminal justice system continually advocates for structural-level reform and the recognition that carceral health issues are in fact public health issues.

Researchers have retrospectively analyzed data from nearly 60 patients with ocular myasthenia gravis (MG) not adequately responding to oral prednisone, finding that both intravenous (IV) methylprednisolone and tacrolimus monotherapy helped reduce symptoms.

Since 1987, only 57 cases of comorbid Parkinson disease (PD) and myasthenia gravis (MG) have been reported.

Patient survival and such treatment-related outcomes as time to treatment failure and treatment duration improved following implementation of a best practices program that focused on selinexor administration for multiple myeloma (MM), with implications for other anticancer medications.

The study may help explain why some patients are more prone to relapse following a complete response to induction therapy, as indicated by measurable residual disease (MRD) status and 2017 European LeukemiaNet (ELN) criteria.

A meta-analysis explored the individual components of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) and suggested that cognitive restructuring, stimulus control and sleep restrictions provide the more benefits to patients.

A myeloid panel mutation analysis should be prioritized for patients with clonal cytopenia of undetermined significance (CCUS) as it can better assess patient risks for progression to a myeloid malignancy, a recent study argues.

Patients admitted to the hospital with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) who also had low muscle mass and hypoalbuminemia experienced a heightened mortality risk, suggesting skeletal muscle mass and serum albumin are important prognostic factors.

The Center on Health Equity and Access delivers current updates, highlights breakthroughs in research, and ongoing endeavors committed to addressing healthcare inequalities and improving universal access to exceptional health care.

Promoting health equity isn’t only about consideration of underlying health risks; it’s also about using that data to inform population care as well as give clinicians and their teams more time with the patient in front of them.

A claims-based study analyzing Medicare beneficiaries with multiple myeloma found that racial disparities still impact treatment in this patient population.

A comprehensive report exhibits how in-person, telephone-, and video-based care has trended from 2020-2023 within the US Department of Veterans Affairs health care system.

A recent study found that use of optimal guideline-directed medical therapies after heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) diagnosis is low overall, but especially among female patients compared with male patients.

A predictive model utilizing serum metabolic profiles was able to distinguish ovarian cancer from control samples with 93% accuracy, according to a new study.

A new study challenges assumptions about the role of dietary protein and fat in managing blood glucose fluctuations, known as glycemic variability.

MEDLINE, the Turning Research Into Practice database, Google Scholar, and organization guidelines were searched for their ongoing applicability to the management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and to determine if there is a need to develop new treatment recommendations.

OneOncology announces the appointment of new chair members of the OneCouncil Disease Group to begin service this year.

Patients with hemophilia A experienced prognostic and quality of life benefits from emicizumab (Hemlibra; Genentech) prophylaxis treatment.

Topline results from a pivotal phase 3, open-label extension study showcase the long-term safety and efficacy of olanzapine and samidorphan (Lybalvi) in patients with schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, or bipolar I disorder.

A community-based study suggests a correlation between university education and the likelihood of disease-modifying therapy (DMT) uptake in multiple sclerosis (MS).

An analysis of the DELIVER trial also revealed an association between dapagliflozin treatment and reduced risk of cardiovascular death among individuals with heart failure with improved ejection fraction (HFimpEF).

The TROP-2–directed antibody drug conjugate is currently being investigated as a monotherapy and a combination therapy for non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in 3 trials: phase 3 EVOKE-01, phase 2 EVOKE-02, and phase 3 EVOKE-03.

Insomnia in patients undergoing hemodialysis was not found to be significantly affected by cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) or pharmacotherapy.

Results from a meta-analysis suggest a correlation between natural hair color and the development of skin cancer.

Compared with a hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level of 5.5%, adolescents with overweight or obesity were 72 times more likely to have diabetes if their HbA1c was 6.3% to 6.4%.

The study, which pulled self-reported data from online bulletin boards across the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom in 2020, found that the degree of burden varied based on patient disease stage, among other factors.

The January 2024 guidelines update also changed mirvetuximab soravtansine plus bevacizumab from a category 2B recommendation to a category 2A recommendation for platinum-resistant, FRα-expressing tumors.