Clinical

Findings of the largest genome-wide association study conducted among migraineurs to date revealed novel risk factors for the condition, stratified by aura presence.

The drug will be marketed by Sanofi under the name Enjaymo; it is the first treatment approved for cold agglutinin disease.

Poor agreement was identified regarding MRI- and classification-defined axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and inflammatory back pain diagnoses in patients with psoriatic disease.

Anne Barmettler, MD, an associate professor of ophthalmology, visual sciences, and plastic surgery at Montefiore Medical Center, outlines adverse events patients taking teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease may experience.

Panelists discuss the worldwide gaps in diagnosis of glaucoma and how this negatively affects patient outcomes.

Shared insight on factors that put patients at risk for glaucoma and how screening can improve early diagnosis and care.

This retrospective study evaluated real-world implementation of the updated CDC HIV algorithm in a large US laboratory.

Data from a 10-year follow-up study showed declining kidney function is significantly associated with dementia risk among older adults.

Nasal surgical intervention led patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who historically were nonadherent to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment to become adherent and experience improvements in objective and subjective severity measures.

Despite being the most common pancreatic cancer, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is notoriously difficult to treat, while new research shows treatment and diagnosis could benefit from minimally invasive liquid-based biopsy.

This retrospective study using administrative claims data examining health care resource utilization (HCRU) found that in the months before a diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), other diseases were more commonly diagnosed.

Sunil Verma, MD, senior vice president and global head of oncology, medical at AstraZeneca, summarizes the benefits and safety findings discovered in the HIMALAYA study.

Although cardiovascular disease risk is well established in survivors of breast cancer, how cardiotoxicity from treatment influences development of cardiometabolic risk factors is not.

Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary hypertension due to chronic lung disease can be difficult to differentiate, but new research suggests descriptions of lung parenchyma in routine CT scans may prove useful.

The overdiagonsis identified in the current study also led to overtreatment in this population, authors found.

New CDC data highlight urban-rural health differences; mental health providers object to some parts of the No Surprises Act; COVID-19–associated stroke most likely within 3 days of diagnosis.

Researchers, as well as a patient who had chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), hailed the findings as a cure, although more work needs to be done to see if the results persist in a larger group of patients.

Our experts tell us how we can support the availability of MRD for more patients.

Dr Patel describes the importance of MRD in value-based care models.

Researchers outlined recommended treatment plans to build back effective levels of nusinersen following treatment gaps.

A poster presentation from the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium suggests more research is needed to confirm the optimal treatment algorithms for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Although clinical trials have demonstrated the utility of procalcitonin (PCT) testing and potential benefit on antibiotic stewardship, findings suggest that clinicians do not order PCT testing with regularity and also prioritize clinical judgment over PCT results.

The Biosimilars Initiative in British Columbia, Canada, mandated patients with certain conditions on the province’s prescription coverage plan to switch from originator etanercept to a biosimilar.

A meta-analysis on first-line treatment for non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in clinical trials revealed that inclusion of dexamethasone along side chemotherapy and PD-L1 inhibitors yielded benefits in this patient population.

Sinonasal CT scores were associated with several prognostic features in the disease course of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, including blood eosinophil counts and risk of relapse after endoscopic sinus surgery.

New survey findings reveal a significant association between migraine and irritable bowel syndrome.

Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, chief scientific and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association, discusses some of the challenges of treating pediatric patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

There is a persistent lack of effective treatments for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), so in this study, investigators examined the impact of an atrial shunt among patients with this disease subtype.

This represents the approval of the first bispecific antibody to treat wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME).

Researchers compiled data from studies of oral Evrysdi (risdiplam), Spinraza (nusinersen), and Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec), finding evidence that risdiplam may be a favorable alternative to nusinersen for type 1 SMA.