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Adults who survived childhood cancer experience elevated fear that their primary cancer will recur or that a subsequent malignant neoplasm will develop, according to a new study.

However, an analysis suggested that androgenetic alopecia is not caused by hypothyroidism.

Value-based agreements come with risks and benefits, but a health system’s existing facilities and initiatives can help support the goals associated with them, JT Lew, PharmD, MBA, a managed care pharmacist at MultiCare Health System, explained.

Finerenone is at least as effective in patients who are in the hospital or were recently hospitalized for heart failure as those with stable condition, said Akshay Desai, MD, of Brigham & Women’s Hospital.

As cancer therapies extend patients’ lifespans, it’s important to implement cardioprotective strategies, said Aaron Adkisson, PharmD, of University of Kentucky.

Follow-up in men living with HIV who have sex with men should be performed to assess quality of life due to sexual function.

A study suggests most patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) can take statins without experiencing symptom worsening.

In the phase 2 FORWARD-53 study, the exon-skipping oligonucleotide WVE-N531 showed promising safety and efficacy in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who are amenable to exon 53 skipping.

Benjamin Scirica, MD, MPH, director of quality initiatives at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Cardiovascular Division, discussed the importance of team-based care and gaps in technology to manage patients at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Laurence Sperling, MD, executive director of the Million Hearts initiative at the CDC and CMS, shared insight into population health strategies to address cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention in at-risk populations.

The South Asian Healthcare Leadership Forum marked its 10th anniversary with a gathering of over 100 prominent physicians, policy makers, and executives at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Health plans would see savings faster if they switched to etranacogene dezaparvovec sooner, the investigators found.

A study based on a decade's worth of Korean insurance data found that use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) to address atrial fibrillation and venous thromboembolism in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) is effective, with acceptable bleeding risk.

New study provides insights into the relationship between TP53, miR-34a, and NOTCH1 in CLL cells.

Multiple sessions at ESMO Congress 2024 covered antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), which are an emerging therapy that holds great promise in cancer but comes with challenges.

September 24 celebrates Familial Hypercholesterolemia Awareness Day, which recognizes the importance of screening measures, education, and advocacy in a lesser-known, underdiagnosed cardiovascular condition.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) could be affected by various factors involved in sleep, including snoring.

JT Lew, PharmD, MBA, managed care pharmacist at MultiCare Health System, spoke to the impacts of processes such as prior authorization and step therapy requirements in the realm of multiple sclerosis (MS).

New findings add to the understanding of the patient experience in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), which can help inform patient-centered clinical care.

Results from a retrospective study compared and explored biomarkers associated with outcomes in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with plasma cell neoplasms.

A recent analysis investigated the state of metabolic disruption experienced by patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), adding to the literature on nutritional and metabolic complications linked to SMA.

A new study demonstrates that the combination of lenalidomide (Revlimid) and obinutuzumab (Gazyva) is effective and well-tolerated in treating relapsed indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

The author discusses a program to prevent kidney decline and progression to dialysis by offering education, support services, and help navigating the health care system to those most at risk.

Patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and persistent albuminuria (PA) exhibited significantly higher levels of urinary angiotensinogen (AGT).

In addition to being diagnosed more frequently in older patients, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is more frequently diagnosed in patients with cardio-pulmonary comorbidities, which poses challenges to the optimal treatment of PAH, explained the researchers.

This interview accompanies the third podcast in our National Recovery Month series with Kim MacDonald-Wilson, ScD, CPRP, senior program director, Recovery and Wellness Transformation, and Tracy Carney, CPS, CPRP, senior recovery and resiliency specialist, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization.

Rachel Dalthorp, MD, discusses how zuranolone (Zurzuvae) can improve postpartum depression when compared with previous treatment approaches.

Physicians in the US, Germany, and France show gaps in their knowledge of the treatment of of refractory/relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and mantle Cell lymphoma (MCL).

The toxicity of lung cancer treatment has traditionally been discussed in terms of physical symptoms, but there is a growing focus on financial toxicity, time toxicity, and other effects on well-being, as reflected in research presented at the 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer.

Genetic variability and sex-specific differences may play a role in sickle cell disease (SCD)-related pain; however, more research is needed.