Rose McNulty

Shared decision-making helps dermatologists align treatment plans with patient needs, improving adherence and outcomes.

Children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) showed motor function improvements after switching to onasemnogene abeparvovec following prior treatment with nusinersen or risdiplam in a real-world study.

The newly developed model has an area under the curve of 0.807 for predicting progression-free survival.

Among patients who have myasthenia gravis, even low disease activity can impact their quality of life (QOL) via motor fatiguability.

High stigma due to HIV was also associated with depression and drug use, making the reduction in stigma vital for improving the care of women with HIV.

As the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) continues to rise, empowering primary care providers (PCPs) with the tools, training, and collaborative frameworks needed for optimal management is a public health priority, emphasize the researchers.

Both systemic sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus have down-regulated RGS5, but they also have distinctive genetic expression profiles.

A rare case report describes a young woman whose relapse of AML following MPN coincided with severe worsening of pulmonary hypertension, highlighting the need for vigilant cardiopulmonary monitoring in hematologic malignancies.

Hair and scalp disorders in patients with skin of color are frequently misdiagnosed, often due to educational gaps and premature diagnosis, with scalp biopsy proving more reliable than trichoscopy for accurate diagnosis.

Physicians were more likely to include terms that undermine the competence and sincerity of Black patients' claims when compared with White patients in a recent study.

DYNE-251 received FDA breakthrough therapy designation, showcasing its potential for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

A slight association between age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was also found with e-cigarettes.

Women who experienced stalking or intimate partner violence were 40% more likely to self-diagnose an adverse cardiovascular event compared with women who did not.

Jason Bergsbaken, PharmD, MBA, BCOP, highlights the operational challenges of value-based oncology care while emphasizing the need to balance standardized treatment pathways with flexibility for personalized, biomarker-driven care.

Real-world longitudinal data suggest that in CLL, regular immunoglobulin replacement therapy may not reduce, and may even correlate with increased, serious infection rates during treatment periods.

Early identification of multiple myeloma could help clinicians intervene more swiftly.

The use of retinal images can help investigators noninvasively identify chronic kidney disease and assess patient prognosis.

Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are at a higher risk of certain cardiovascular diseases.

Patient satisfaction was higher amongst patients who underwent a chest wall perforator flap reconstruction surgery as part of their breast cancer treatment when compared with other surgical techniques.

A multicenter study finds no difference in outcomes between frail and nonfrail elderly patients treated with tildrakizumab over 2 years.

There is a need to consolidate various long COVID definitions to establish a standardized definition that ensures consistent recognition, documentation, diagnosis, and treatment, according to new research.

Sedentary behaviors are associated with increased CVD risk and, when combined with social drivers of health, increase the risk of adverse CVD events like coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart failure.

Accessing pediatric dermatology care is challenging due to a shortage of specialists and general dermatologists' reluctance to treat children, but increasing their comfort level with seeing children could help bridge the gap, explained Elizabeth Garcia Creighton, of University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Machine learning holds promise for optimizing treatment strategies and potentially improving outcomes in respiratory failure but future research and development are necessary to fully realize its potential in clinical practice.

The QRISK3 assessment is designed for the general population, but it appears to also have utility in patients with essential thrombosis and polycythemia vera.

Left bundle branch block may serve as an important indicator for asymptomatic individuals predisposed to heart failure.

Social drivers of health are determined primarily by an individual’s economic stability, access to quality education, and health care. These factors also play a key role in the proportion of moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) in an individual’s lifetime, which can also impact their cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.

Angel Qin, MD, identified the critical role of immunotherapy timing and shared decision-making in small cell lung cancer while also addressing the need for more broadly applicable treatments and personalized care.

Pirtobrutinib had a nominally superior overall response rate compared to ibrutinib in certain patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).

The trial is one of 2 phase 3 studies of upadacitinib in patients with severe alopecia areata.