Lindsey Mulrooney

Almost 15% of US adults have trouble falling asleep, with difficulties varying across sociodemographic and geographic categories including age, family income, and urbanization level.

A majority of patients with moderate or severe atopic dermatitis (AD) reported moderate-to-high negative impacts on quality of life.

The American Cancer Society reports a decreased death rate but continued preventable cancer deaths as well as racial and socioeconomic disparities in cancer care.

Simplified treatments and patient-specific and systemic interventions can reduce nonadherence in patients.

Zahra Mahmoudjafari, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy manager at the University of Kansas Health System, explains some of the strategies that payers can use to improve cost management and increase patient access related to chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapies.

Abstracts presented at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting show bevacizumab-awwb to be safe and effective for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) with high overall survival rates.

Emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations were 22% higher among cannabis users, with acute trauma and respiratory-related reasons as the primary causes for emergency care.

Of 10 patient-reported outcome measures studied, only 2 received an ‘A’ rating for sufficient content validity and internal structure.

Outcomes for patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) may depend on gender, time to diagnosis, and body mass index (BMI), according to subanalyses of the AQUILA study of patients taking secukinumab.

Patients from this diverse cohort experienced improvements in atopic dermatitis (AD) clinical scores after a year or more of treatment with dupilumab.

Despite current guidelines recommending combination therapy, there are certain patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who remain on monotherapy for specific reasons.

Preethi Venkat, MD, second-year internal medicine resident at the University of California, San Diego, discusses differences in hospitalizations for patients with irritable bowel disease (IBD) and Clostridioides difficile (C diff) infection vs those with IBD hospitalized for other reasons.

Patients with respiratory syncytial virus infection (RSV) were also more likely to have underlying chronic respiratory conditions and other comorbidities, according to a recent study looking at people hospitalized in ICUs.

Neighborhood characteristics, race, and ethnicity were found to be risk factors for developing asthma in childhood, suggesting inequities in children’s respiratory health.

Rune Labs’ StrivePD software has been granted FDA clearance to collect data for patients with Parkinson disease using the Apple Watch, supporting communication of data between clinicians and patients.

Research found fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to be an optimal cost-effective treatment strategy for first and subsequent recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), challenging current guidelines.

Patients with substance abuse disorder (SUD) saw a significant reduction in hospital encounters and per-patient costs after the initiation of a prescription digital therapeutic.

Christopher Thompson, MD, MSc, FASGE, FACG, AGAF, FJGES, director of endoscopy and codirector of the Center for Weight Management and Wellness at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, discusses a session on gastrointestinal (GI) invention at the recent conference, Digestive Disease Week, held May 21-24 in San Diego, California.

Christopher Thompson, MD, MSc, FASGE, FACG, AGAF, FJGES, director of endoscopy and codirector of the Center for Weight Management and Wellness at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, discusses duodenal jejunal bypass liner treatment and future innovations in gastroenterology.

Zahra Mahmoudjafari, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy manager at the University of Kansas Health System, catalogues the chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapies that are coming down the pipeline.

A review of more than 200 neurology-focused apps found opportunities to improve language offerings and hybrid use with clinicians.

Abstracts presented at EULAR 2022 focused on racial differences in gout prevalence and treatment, highlighting racial disparities in recent decades.

It is important that we learn how to exploit DNA damage repair deficiencies to treat cancer help patients in control their disease. explained Hatem Soliman, MD, medical director, Clinical Trials Office, Moffitt Cancer Center.

About 70% of caregivers studied reported that they preferred to use the emergency department for treatment for asthma exacerbations, indicating current education is insufficient for managing asthma at home.

A new report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of HHS suggests the accuracy of Medicare’s race and ethnicity data will only diminish over time, unless changes are implemented.

Patients with multiple myeloma frequently relapse and experience deteriorating quality of life, according to findings from the LocoMMotion study, which also reported that specific patient and disease characteristics are associated with poor efficacy outcomes.

Researchers emphasize the importance of characterizing and recognizing this subtype to identify patients at risk of Kaposi sarcoma.

People with rare diseases experience significant diagnostic delays, high out-of-pocket costs, travel burden for specialty care, and insufficient dental and psychological support, according to new findings.

High-intensity interval training (HIIT) also improved quality of life and physical activity levels while reducing anxiety and depression levels.

Researchers found significantly higher incidence rates of of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease compared with other groups.