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As with many medical meetings, some of the presentations from the annual American College of Chest Physicians event will be livestreamed or on demand for later viewing, but the organizers have stressed the importance of coming together for the first time since 2019.

CHEST 2022 is being held in Nashville, Tennessee, beginning October 16, and Subani Chandra, MD, FCCP, the chair of the Scientific Program Committee, discusses why meeting in real life as opposed to virtually is energizing, even if medical conferences are hectic.

There are no FDA-approved therapies for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), but there are many being developed. Resmetirom and obeticholic acid are both being reviewed by the FDA with decisions expected in 2023.

Investigators for this study analyzed outcomes among patients hospitalized with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who have higher risks of adverse health outcomes, in particular sepsis and septic shock.

This new study investigated the prevalence of and health factors that are associated with depressive symptoms in older adults with diabetes.

Leana Cabrera Chien, MSN, RN, GCNS-BC, GNP-BC, is a geriatric nurse practitioner at City of Hope, working in its Aging Wellness Clinic.

Closures of children’s hospitals and floors leaves pediatric care in a precarious position; Jewish women in Kentucky sue over abortion laws citing religious freedom; 36% of counties in the United States are without obstetric care or obstetric providers.

People with diabetes in Italy and the United Kingdom reported the highest rates of anxiety at 63% and 51%, respectively.

The sessions align with the yearlong theme selected by this year’s ACCC president, David R. Penberthy, MD, MBA, when he took the helm in March: “Leveraging Technology to Transform Cancer Care Delivery and the Patient Experience.”

Dermoscopy is a relatively inexpensive and readily available tool that can improve outcomes and quality of life for patients who need surgical excision of nonmelanoma skin cancers, the authors found.

In the last 2 years, the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) and the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) have updated their recommendations to integrate guidance for new treatment options.

Along with its position statement in Diabetologia, the group outlined recommendations that seek greater structure and consistency for automated insulin delivery (AID) manufacturers as they develop products for use by persons with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE, FACP, is a general internist and professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine.

Approximately 1 in 10 patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) experienced complications related to surgery for HS management, in which extensive resection, using skin flaps or skin grafts as a closure method, was associated with a higher incidence of complications.

Bhavesh Shah, RPh, BCOP, chief pharmacy officer and director of specialty and hematology/oncology pharmacy at Boston Medical Center, goes over his session to be presented at the fall meeting of AMCP Nexus 2022.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric heart transplant waiting list times was evaluated in this new study that used data from the United Network for Organ Sharing.

Teva, the largest US supplier of Adderall, expects shortages to continue for the next 2-3 months; FDA expands use of Boostrix for immunization during the third trimester of pregnancy to prevent pertussis in infants; over the last 3 decades, Black women had a 40% higher breast cancer death rate compared with White women.

A Swedish population-based study adds to data suggesting men have a higher risk of lymphoma and likely higher mortality.

The annual fall meeting of AMCP Nexus 2022 will feature a keynote from one of the top physician-executives in health care, the specialty pharmaceutical pipeline, and insights for managed care stakeholders in selecting and integrating cost-effective, value-based care frameworks.

Researchers highlighted the opportunities primary care providers (PCPs) have to promote favorable outcomes through prompt diagnosis as well as help reduce racial disparities in multiple myeloma.

Continuing the race adjustment factors maintains health care disparities, the authors noted.

Among the challenges are a lack of reliable biomarkers and resistance in some patients who have squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) therapy was not the most appropriate treatment for many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a review of patient records at 2 US primary care clinics.

While 70% of youth engaged with the sickle cell disease (SCD) pain self-management program, only 30% of caregivers engaged with it.

The effect of dupilumab was investigated among patients with severe and uncontrolled chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP).

Michael Thorpy, MD, director of the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center and professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the findings and implications of his study on the efficacy of JZP-258 in patients with narcolepsy and cataplexy.

The question of whether bone erosion is a feature of Jaccoud arthropathy has remained controversial among persons who have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Melissa O'Connor, PhD, MBA, RN, FGSA, FAAN, endowed professor in Community and Home Health Nursing, M. Louise Fitzpatrick School of Nursing, Villanova University, and director, Gerontology Interest Group, addressed gaps in research for home health care and progress toward the development of a discharge decision support tool for clinicians.

The study, which assessed changes in circRNA and miRNA after beginning treatment with secukinumab, revealed a prompt change in circRNA abundance upon initiation of treatment and a strong correlation between circRNA and the psoriasis area and severity index.

Adopting a retail mindset, where patients are the primary focus of innovations, could help advance health care consumerism in the future.