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The American College of Cardiology will host its annual conference beginning Friday, April 1, 2022, both in-person and online.

Relapse remains a daunting reality in multiple myeloma, but clinicians have more tools to work with to fight the disease.

A new review article shows diabetes and hypertension are linked with arrhythmia and chronic kidney disease (CKD), but several other less common causes also exist.

The authors say delivering FOLFOX via transarterial infusion could be a “perfect option for treating intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma before patients receive targeted therapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental health of health care workers as well as the general population, creating a significant impact on sleep quality.

President Biden releases the budget for fiscal year 2023; health care spending is projected to hit $6.8 trillion in 2030; rates of prediabetes on the rise in children.

In this new study from Norway, artificial intelligence (AI) was used with mammography screenings to predict risk of breast cancer in women vs double reading of mammographic screening by independent radiologists.

The 5-year survival rate over the time period was just 33.8%, the study found.

A Monday session at the 2022 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting discussed strategies for risk stratification and therapeutic management of nonmelanoma skin cancers.

A recent study found that men and patients with disciform scars on their eyes have a greater risk of developing submacular hemorrhage (SMH), a rare complication in the eyes.

Jonathan Kentley, MBBS, MSc, research fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, explains ways artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in dermatology, including smartphone applications, at the 2022 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.

Posters from the American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (ASCO GU) 2022 look at how the tumor genomic landscape differs based on age and type of urothelial carcinoma.

New research found Medicaid expansion was associated with lower rates of diabetic limb amputations among racial minorities in the United States.

Bernice Kwong, MD, clinical professor of dermatology, Stanford University, expands on her session about graft-versus-host disease diagnosis and management presented at the 2022 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, emphasizing the importance of the relationship between patients and doctors.

The FDA approved a drug to treat a rare form of childhood epilepsy; uninsured Americans will no longer have access to free COVID-19 tests; a conservation group is suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over failure to protect rivers from pollution.

Clinical trial recruitment and management strategies for diverse populations are among the challenges that affect dermatology care quality and access, according to panelists at the 2022 American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting.

A new study has found that internalized skin bias has a role in diminishing HRQOL and negatively affects mental health among these patients.

Retrospective study findings show that CD47 expression on Hodgkin and Reed–Sternberg (HRS) cells varied between patients who had classical Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and was associated with poor outcomes.

Panelists reviewed the latest advancements in clinical testing for melanoma, targeted therapy implications, and strategies for patient selection at a session on genetic and molecular testing at the 2022 American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting.

David Rosmarin, MD, vice chair of research and education, Department of Dermatology, Tufts Medical Center, discusses best practices for choosing biologics, as well as his late-breaking findings on ruxolitinib cream for vitiligo at the 2022 American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting.

Robert Sidbury, MD, MPH, chief, Division of Dermatology, Seattle Children's Hospital, sat down to discuss comorbidities newly associated with atopic dermatitis at the 2022 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.

A panel discussion at the 2022 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting addressed the association between food and skin manifestations, as well as dietary triggers and recommendations in the management of a myriad of dermatologic conditions.

The report is based on a series of 10 cases and a literature review involving 14 cases.

The presence of antigen-specific and neutralizing antibodies was not associated with Clostridioides difficile infection symptoms, severity, therapy approach, treatment response, or recurrences in a new exploratory study.

Soumya Chakravarty, MD, PhD, FACP, FACR, strategic lead, Rheumatology Therapeutic Area at Janssen, speaks on nontherapeutic approaches to manage symptom burden of psoriatic arthritis.

Data from continuous glucose monitors were used to measure glycemic variability among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) hospitalized in Denmark between February and June 2021.

Adults living with HIV receiving integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI)–based antiretroviral therapy (ART) had a 76% higher incidence of hypertension compared with adults receiving non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs).

The study by the Veneto Institute of Oncology (IOV) in Padua, Italy, examined 286 patients for genomic mutations in cholangiocarcinoma as well as survival status.

Late-breaking findings at the 2022 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting showed ruxolitinib cream was associated with clinically significant improvement in facial and total body repigmentation vs vehicle in the treatment of adolescent and adult patients with nonsegmental vitiligo over 52 weeks.

A recent study found that virtual reality and motor imagery techniques, such as games for the Wii console, can be more helpful for patients with Parkinson disease (PD) than physical therapy.