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April 18th 2025
From Crohn disease to uncomplicated urinary tract infections and beyond, the FDA issued several high-impact drug approvals last month.
House Republicans voted to ban quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) from being used as a drug pricing metric in federal health programs; insurance executives disapproved of newly proposed 2025 Medicare Advantage (MA) rates; patients with long COVID enrolled in an online exercise program said their health improved more than people who received standard care.
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Dr Ann LaCasce: T-Cell Engagers Have Improved DLBCL Outcomes, but Questions on Optimal Use Remain
February 8th 2024Ann LaCasce, MD, MMSc, director of the Dana-Farber/Mass General Brigham fellowship in hematology/oncology and chair of the Lymphoma Research Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board, discusses T-cell engager therapies in the diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) landscape.
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Possible Increase in Prevalence of Alzheimer Disease Found in Patients With Myasthenia Gravis
February 6th 2024Investigators observed an increase in the prevalence of Alzheimer disease in patients with diagnosed myasthenia gravis (MG), which indicates that MG is an independent risk factor for AD.
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Ever-Smokers With COPD Have a Greater Risk of Developing ADHD, Study Says
February 6th 2024No causal association with psychiatric disorders was observed in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) without a smoking history, while ever-smokers with COPD had a greater risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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Study Highlights Relationship Between Alcohol Use, Socioeconomic Status, and IHD Mortality Risk
February 6th 2024Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption seemed to provide greater protection against ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality for individuals with higher socioeconomic status (SES) compared with those with lower SES, likely due to gaps in access to necessary care.
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Targeted Therapy Associated With Lower SPM Risk Among Treated Patients With CLL
February 6th 2024Investigators found patients receiving chemotherapy had a greater risk of a secondary primary malignancy (SPM) compared with those treated with targeted therapies or those whose chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) was left untreated.
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Pre-, Postinfusion Protocol Recommendations for Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec Use in DMD
February 5th 2024The gene therapy delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl, also known as Elevidys (Sarepta Therapeutics) is indicated to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in ambulatory patients aged 4 to 5 years, and Sarepta recently filed supplemental data with the FDA seeking to expand the labeled indication.
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Dr Ann LaCasce Looks to the Year Ahead in the Lymphoma Treatment Landscape
February 2nd 2024Ann LaCasce, MD, MMSc, director of the Dana-Farber/Mass General Brigham Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology and chair of the Lymphoma Research Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board, discusses potential shifts in the lymphoma space in the year ahead.
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CD137+ Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes Correlate With OS in Ovarian Cancer, Study Finds
February 2nd 2024In patients with high-grade ovarian cancer, an increased proportion of CD3+ CD137+ tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) correlated with favorable overall survival outcomes. However, proportions of CD3+ or CD3+ CD8+ TILs did not show significant associations with OS.
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Pandemic-era policies that made it easier for patients to receive opioid addiction treatment will continue permanently; the Biden administration is facing pressure from Democrats and reproductive health groups to make sure the first OTC birth control pill is affordable; a FDA expert panel on Friday is set to resume the debate over how to make pulse oximeters more accurate for people with darker skin.
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