Hayden E. Klein

Bernice Kwong, MD, clinical professor of dermatology, Stanford University, explains what dermatological considerations should be made for patients with leukemia and lymphoma.

Hilary Baldwin, MD, medical director, Acne Treatment and Research Center, explains the microencapsulation technology in Twyneo cream and what research went into its development.

When clinicians consider the patient journey from beginning to end, they begin to understand how difficult it is for patients to access care, said Elaine Goodman, MD, MBA, clinical lead for population health management, Mass General Brigham.

A meta-analysis found that a third of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a sample had metabolic syndrome, which can double the risk of cardiovascular outcomes in this population.

The financial toxicity of newer metastatic breast cancer (MBC) treatments is a significant concern and requires stakeholders to work together to find the best value- and evidence-based treatments for patients, said Hatem Soliman, MD, medical director, Clinical Trials Office, Moffitt Cancer Center.

Results from the CHOICE study suggest that both a 150 mg and 300 mg dose of secukinumab improved symptoms of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in biologic-naïve patients, with higher response rates for the 300 mg dose.

A combination of biology, access issues, and delayed diagnoses have contributed to disparities experienced by Black women with metastatic breast cancer, explained Hatem Soliman, MD, medical director of the Clinical Trials Office, Moffitt Cancer Center.

Dexter Shurney, MD, MBA, MPH, chief health equity, diversity, and inclusion officer and chief medical officer at Adventist Health, explains the roles of health care systems and managed care organizations, and next steps to update policies, to ensure healthy food is available in all areas of the United States.

According to a review, the availability of electronic cigarettes and vaping products to young people needs to be limited.

Patients who received early immunosuppressive therapy for their rheumatoid arthritis (RA)–associated peripheral ulcerative keratitis experienced earlier inflammatory control, fewer recurrences, and better visual outcomes.

Dexter Shurney, MD, MBA, MPH, chief health equity, diversity, and inclusion officer and chief medical officer at Adventist Health, discusses the concept of "food as medicine," which he will be explaining further at the National Association of Managed Care Physicians (NAMCP) Spring Managed Care Forum.

Stephen M. Schleicher, MD, MBA, chief medical officer, Tennessee Oncology, previews the Nashville meeting of The American Journal of Managed Care®'s Institute for Value-Based Medicine® (IVBM), co-hosted by Tennessee Oncology.

Research shows that only 1.05% of US emergency department (ED) visits included HIV testing in 2018 and that HIV testing rates varied by race, age group, and region.

The association between higher disease activity risk of cardiovascular (CV) events was strongest during the first 6 months of follow-up, the study found.

For adults with a history of depression, chronic cough can increase the risk of recurrent depressive events, a study found.

Researchers found no association between the use of tofacitinib, tocilizumab, or tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors and risk of developing Alzheimer disease and related dementia (ADRD) among older patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, chief medical officer of Tennessee Oncology, talks about lessons learned from the Oncology Care Model (OCM) and Medicare that are being used to innovate toward value-based care.

Pollutant particles with a smaller diameter, density, and flow rate can enter the deep lung, but large particles with a low density may also enter the deep airways, according to a study.

Bernice Kwong, MD, clinical professor of dermatology, Stanford University, talks about how later diagnosis and treatment for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) affects disease progression and overall patient outcomes.

Researchers identified 5 distinct clusters for disease exacerbation that went beyond disease labels for both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

A large systematic review on pregnant women living with HIV found that protease inhibitor–based antiretroviral therapy (ART) use was associated with increased risk of babies being born small or very small for their gestational age, but not with other adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Age at symptom presentation was significantly associated with longer symptom duration for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

Dennis P. Scanlon, PhD, professor of health policy and administration at Pennsylvania State University and editor-in-chief of The American Journal of Accountable Care®, talks about major systemic and fundamental barriers to health systems becoming learning health systems.

Complications were significantly associated with low height, high-dose prednisolone use, and progression of cervical spine lesions in early disease stages of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

A review expanded on urological complications associated with Parkinson disease (PD), as well as therapies for these complications.

William Schaffner, MD, medical director at the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), and Patsy Stinchfield, RN, MS, CPNP, president-elect of NFID, discuss health care disparities related to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), as well as solutions to close these gaps.

Attending comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) was associated with increased access to HIV testing among adolescent girls, regardless of whether they were actively in school.

Urge-to-cough and cough symptoms were the 2 main domains of a 51-item framework to measure cough severity.

Research shows that disease activity level did not correlate with fat mass percentage among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

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.