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There are various treatments on the market for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), all with their own pros and cons to be considered as part of a personalized treatment regimen.

A recent study calculated the incidence and mortality rates for patients with Medicaid coverage who had nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NVHAP) and found possible associations between greater health care costs and NVHAP diagnosis.

Investigators say recent research into the development of cutaneous lupus erythematosus has created the potential for new therapies.

Proton pump inhibitor use was cited as the only avoidable risk factor for mortality in patients with Clostridioides difficile infection.

While therapies for type 1 diabetes (T1D) are becoming more advanced, the problem is patients can't access them, said Viral Shah, MD, an endocrinologist and scientist.

This new study investigated keratinocyte carcinoma mortality and morbidity rates following pediatric solid organ transplant. Little is known on these associations in pediatric patients; more is known of these outcomes among adult patients.

FAIR Health published the findings of their 15-year analysis of Lyme disease, including an increase in private insurance claim lines in rural and urban areas from 2007 to 2021.

Patients with gout who experienced a heart attack or stroke were twice as likely to have experienced a gout flare within the past 60 days compared with patients with gout who did not experience either event.

Smaller lumen sizes in women resulted in worse respiratory morbidity and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a recent study.

The White House named Robert J. Fenton Jr as the nation’s monkeypox response coordinator; 4 bipartisan senators introduced a bill codifying access to abortion and contraception into federal law; eating highly processed foods may be linked to faster cognitive decline.

Substantially impaired quality of life was shown in patients with photoaggravated atopic dermatitis, with phototesting cited as an effective diagnostic approach in promoting personalized care.

Despite the known potential benefits of newborn screening, the exact long-term clinical benefits and cost-effectiveness in large cohorts remain uncertain due to a lack of large-scale longitudinal research.

A recent study found a potential link between assimilation and depression and sleep duration of Mexican Americans.

Garo Owens, MD, is president of Gary Owens Associates, and here he discusses optimizing treatment goals for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) while reducing care costs.

Martha Gulati, MD, MS, kicked off the symposium “Saving the Hearts of Women Through Prevention” ahead of the 2022 Congress of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, which took place Friday through Sunday in Louisville, Kentucky.

A recent modeling study found that allocating kidneys to patients receiving dialysis was a better use of the organs from a societal perspective compared with giving kidneys to those on a preemptive waiting list.

Significantly more patients with Parkinson disease (PD) achieved improved motor function and clinical outcomes when treated with high- vs low-dose inhaled levodopa.

Current standard modalities for detecting and quantifying monoclonal immunoglobin in patients with cold agglutinin disease lack adequate sensitivity. Heavy chain/light chain assay may be more effective.

The first case of polio in the United States in nearly a decade demonstrated a potential link to vaccine-derived viruses in Jerusalem and London; the world’s first HIV-positive heart transplant has been performed in the Bronx; North Carolina is on the path to Medicaid expansion.

Investigators say classification based on magnetic resonance imaging can predict a patient’s risk of recurrence for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA).

Social determinants of health are major drivers of the inequities seen in health outcomes, and racism is clearly a social determinant tied to life expectancy, said Karol Watson, MD, PhD, in talk Sunday at the 2022 Congress of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, held in Louisville, Kentucky.

Research presented at the American Society of Retina Specialists conference found that vitreoretinal surgery had cost and health implications in both Europe and the United States.

Poor nutritional status and increased severity of pneumonia were associated with higher mortality rates among patients with aspiration pneumonia, according to a recent study.

More people are eligible for screening, but a new analysis suggests lung cancer disparities are due to more than eligibility status.

Ty J. Gluckman, MD, FACC, FAHA, who is medical director of the Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research, and Data Science at Providence St. Joseph Health in Portland, Oregon, addressed the 2022 Congress of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology meeting in Louisville, Kentucky.

The mobile intervention, based on the Integrated Theory of Health Behavior Change, significantly improved self-management behaviors among patients with tuberculosis (TB).

After years of dependence on systemic corticosteroids, ruxolitinib treatment was effective for an adolescent patient with graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) who was initially thought to have eosinophilic gastroenteritis.

A retrospective cohort study found that frailty was prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and that the adverse effects could include end stage kidney disease (ESKD) and mortality.

Patrick Burnett, MD, PhD, FAAD, chief medical officer of Arcutis Biotherapeutics, speaks about disease manifestations, comorbidities, and other factors to consider in the management of psoriasis.

Starting noninvasive ventilation at home (NIVH) early after diagnosis was correlated with lower risk of death and reduced Medicare spending for patients with hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with chronic respiratory failure (COPD-CRF), according to a recent study.