Julia Bonavitacola

Iptacopan, the first oral monotherapy for patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), is now an FDA-approved option for improving hemoglobin levels.

Pregnancy-onset thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a challenging condition with 3 distinct subtypes, which should be planned for in adults with a history of TTP.

A Mendelian randomization found that a potential link between constipation and colorectal cancer, with support for constipation as a cause of colorectal cancer.

Children who took short-term topical atropine eye drops, 0.01% to 1.0%, had no difference in final refractive errors 10 to 20 years after treatment.

Safety-net programs need to not only be budgeted for but also aimed at the right people to ensure receipt of proper health care.

Patients with diabetic macular edema could be treated with brolucizumab with as much effectiveness as aflibercept.

Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) who had diagnosed metachronous metastasis had longer overall survival when the primary tumor was detected through screening.

Health-related quality of life was found to be associated with poverty status through parenting stress in children with sickle cell disease (SCD).

The Targeted Minimum Loss-based Estimation proved the most accurate capture-recapture model in estimating hidden populations of patients with HIV.

More than 10% of fecal immunochemical test (FIT)–based colorectal cancer screening could not be processed due to unsatisfactory samples.

Patients with retinal vein occlusion-related macular edema had a higher likelihood of blindness and low vision if they had low best-corrected visual acuity after 1 month of intravitreal treatment.

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Male adolescent and young adult patients were found to have an increased risk of keratoconus if they had attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), regardless of confounders.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who were from minority ethnic backgrounds were found to have lower adherence to treatment interventions compared with the general population.

Sophia Humphreys, PharmD, MHA, BCBBS, discussed how biosimilars can play a role in formulary management as well as the main takeaways of her presentations at the Newport Beach Institute for Value-Based Care conference.

Patients who have HIV and are using antiretroviral therapy (ART) did not have adverse outcomes when using nivolumab for cancer treatment.

IQ score could be detrimentally influenced by an individual’s HIV infection, both through neurons and the gut.

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) who wore an Apple Watch and reported daily pain scores could have their pain scores accurately predicted during hospital admission for vaso-occlusive crises and after discharge.

Critically ill older patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) had their 28-day mortality predicted using machine learning algorithms.

Both the retina as a whole and separate retinal layers had a reduction in retinal thickness after the use of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) treatments.

Robert Gluckman, MD, MACP, from Providence Health Plan, spoke about how medicine and pharmacist interaction can be cost-effective.

The implementation of a mailed stool test program increased colorectal cancer (CRC) screen-up-to-date rates compared with lower-intensity interventions, such as patient letters.

Durable mechanistic effects and a good safety profile were found in patients who took mitapivat for sickle cell disease (SCD).

Women of varying backgrounds, educational levels, and marriage status opted for different types of breast reconstruction based on different values.

Adzynma is the first product to be approved for the treatment of the rare blood disorder that has 90% mortality when left untreated.

Jorge Garcia, PharmD, MS, MHA, MBA, FACHE, discussed how infusion therapy can be administered as ambulatory drug infusion and its relation to biosimilars.

Compared with infants born at term, infants born preterm following exposure to HIV had no observed increase in acquisition of HIV.

Residents grew more knowledgeable and more comfortable with using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs for prevention against HIV after training was included in their residency program.

Sophia Humphreys, PharmD, MHA, BCBBS, spoke about how she views formulary management as a team approach.

Caecal cancer and ascending colon cancer had slower rates of metastasis to main nodes compared with transverse colon cancer.