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Pediatric and adult patients with a diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) benefitted from nusinersen treatment in that they were able to prolong their walking time.

Ublituximab-xiiy, developed by TG Therapeutics, will be sold under the name Briumvi.

Patients who had non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with homologous recombination gene mutations had better outcomes, although no single gene in the pathway appeared to have a causal role.

President Joe Biden expected to renew COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) one more time; Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer are denied by the Supreme Court; funding for the 988 mental health helpline expands inclusivity efforts.

A study showed 18.3% of adolescents with epilepsy (AWE) had at least 1 emotional or behavioral problem, and 24.9% of parents felt others had stigma towards their children with epilepsy.

Adetunji T. Toriola, MD, PhD, professor of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine, explains how breast cancer prevention campaigns for premenopausal women have changed and how RANK ligand inhibition could influence screening accuracy.

Michael Paull, MD, medical director of primary/urgent care and continuous improvement at the Vancouver Clinic (TVC), explained how TVC was able to improve its hypertension metrics to align with CMS' targets.

The findings include the identification of a 12-gene signature that could be used to categorize patients as high or low risk.

The researchers hypothesize that SARS-CoV-2 infection may have triggered thymic inflammation, spearheading initial expression of muscle-like epitopes and T-cell dysregulation.

Despite greater incidence of multiple myeloma (MM) reported among Hispanic Americans, these populations report less MM maintenance therapy, longer time from MM diagnosis to novel therapy initiation, and higher in-hospital mortality rates.

Expanded Medicaid coverage reduced hospitalizations by 17% in the first 60 days of the postpartum period, a study found.

Medication adherence is a key part of Medicare Advantage, and its importance to improving Star Ratings necessitate a renewed focus on the measure.

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) were more likely to die or be hospitalized if they contracted COVID-19 but were less likely to die from COVID-19 if they were vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2.

Pediatricians push for early action against childhood obesity, including prescription weight-loss medications and bariatric surgery; 7000 nurses go on strike in New York City; a new SARS-CoV-2 variant is more contagious but not necessarily more dangerous.

The new report found no evidence that second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) were more likely to lead to Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in patients with lung cancer.

Compared with patients using other antipsychotics, patients with Parkinson disease using pimavanserin had lower death rates.

Individual outdoor air pollutants are linked with non-viral asthma attacks, study finds.

During 2022, the FDA approved 2 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies for use in second-line treatment, offering new treatment choices but raising the question: What options remain once a patient relapses after CAR T?

Levels of certain biomarkers of inflammation in prurigo nodularis were evaluated between patients with and without the chronic inflammatory skin disorder, with the goal of showing potential for precision medicine in prurigo nodularis.

Access to and outcomes of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies may differ by characteristics such as race, ethnicity, gender, and geographic location among patients with cancer.

Research presented at the 64th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition examined how certain patient and demographic characteristics that may be related to socioeconomic disparities impact the risk of hematological cancers; the influence of diabetes on chronic myeloid leukemia; and 2 updates on ponatinib.

The diagnosis and treatment of a rare disease like spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) would benefit greatly from using implementation science to reduce the variation that exists in screening and therapy, according to researchers.

The lecanemab decision follows the controversial 2021 approval of aducanumab, which led to tight coverage restrictions for monoclonal antibodies directed against amyloid for the treatment of Alzheimer disease.

A review showed lifestyle intervention was linked to a 24% reduction in type 2 diabetes (T2D) incidence among women with prior gestational diabetes, compared with standard of care.

A review explored the connection between 4 domains (structural, sociocultural, health care, and physiological) contributing to the persistence of inequities in epilepsy risk and outcomes in the United States, as well as key areas of intervention to promote health equity.

State courts in South Carolina and Idaho ruled in opposite ways on abortion bans; virtual COVID-19 diagnostic and treatment launches in community; generic methylphenidate medication shortages negatively impact ADHD treatment.

We want to make it easy for our patients to manage and navigate the financial toxicity they encounter from their cancer care, noted Mike Koroscik, MBA, MHA, vice president of oncology, Allina Health and the Allina Health Cancer Institute.

A substudy of the Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes trial, which compared 3 highly effective, reversible methods of contraception, concluded that women assigned either a copper intrauterine device or the levonorgestrel implant may have had condomless sex more frequently than women assigned to intramuscular depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate.

Patients who receive a diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) require an empathetic approach from their primary care physician when receiving the diagnosis and evaluating options, according to recent study findings.

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