Jaime is a freelance writer for The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®), where she previously worked as an assistant editor.
She has a BA in print journalism from Penn State University. You can connect with Jaime on LinkedIn.
Multidisciplinary Care Emphasized for Pregnant Women With SMA
January 27th 2022According to researchers, this case of a patient with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) from Indonesia was the first to use a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach that involved obstetric, neurology, pediatric, and anesthesiology departments at a hospital.
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Large, Retrospective Study Offers Insight Into AGEP Disease Course, Complications
January 22nd 2022Among the most notable findings were that acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis is typically triggered by antimicrobial agents and may be associated with complications of the liver or kidney for some patients.
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Patients Typically Satisfied With Outcomes of Surgery for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
January 15th 2022Self-reported experiences among the patients showed that 76% of patients were extremely or very satisfied with their surgery and 58% of patients were satisfied with the appearance of their healed wound, despite a recurrence rate of 41%.
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Targeted Cancer Therapies Showing Promise in Treating Parenchymal Brain Metastases
January 10th 2022Recent learnings about treating parenchymal brain metastases stem from several solid tumors, most commonly non-small cell lung cancer, breast cancer, and melanoma, all of which have benefitted from targeted treatments in recent years.
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New Imaging Approach May Assess Disease Burden in Patients With SMA
December 18th 2021If further studies confirm a benefit by using Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography (MSOT), the technology can help forge a path toward a noninvasive, bedside, nonionizing approach to early visualization of disease as well as evaluation of disease burden and disease progression in patients.
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Report Highlights Case of Shellfish Allergy–Induced Overlap Chronic GVHD Following SCT
December 12th 2021In a recent case report, researchers outlined the case of a patients with shellfish allergy–induced overlap chronic graft versus host disease (ocGVHD)—a case of GVHD that has components of both acute and chronic GVHD.
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Uptake of Artificial Pancreas Systems in Primary Care Could Reduce Care Disparities
December 11th 2021Findings about the willingness of primary care providers to prescribe artificial pancreas systems have positive implications for increasing access to and reducing disparities around this technology by alleviating the need to see a specialist.
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Panel Offers Consensus Recommendations for MRD Assessment in CLL
November 24th 2021The recommendations come at a time when treatments for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), such as venetoclax, are making deep remissions and undetectable minimal residual disease (MRD) after a fixed duration of treatment feasible goals.
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Researchers Identify Novel Biomarker, Therapeutic Target for Polycythemia Vera
November 24th 2021The data set included 177 samples from polycythemia vera, essential thrombocytopenia, primary myelofibrosis, and healthy donors, from which the researchers found that MAPK14 was overexpressed in PV samples and was associated with more symptoms and worse outcomes.
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Significant Amount of Patients Remain on Sick Leave 1 Year Following Allo-HSCT, Study Says
November 17th 2021The findings showed that between 2009 to 2016, 76% of the 122 patients included in the study were on sick leave a year following their allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).
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GVHD Insights Point to Importance of Immunometabolism to Control Disease
November 13th 2021According to the study authors, a growing number of findings from preclinical studies have suggested a focus on immunometabolism to modulate alloreactive donor T cell responses to control graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and promote graft-versus-tumor effect.
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