Larry Hanover

Patients with prediabetes are at significantly higher risk of major cardiovascular events than those who have never had high blood sugar.

A recent study said superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) blocks are effective for treating neurogenic cough, which are coughs that continue and persist after other conditions are ruled out.

Hidradenitis suppurativa impairs quality of life (QOL) more than many other dermatological conditions, a new study shows.

Over 20 years, 1 in 4 patients with ocular hypertension suffered visual field loss from primary open-angle glaucoma, according to a new study.

Dapagliflozin substantially slowed the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy, according to a new study.

Many patients experience excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) despite treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and may benefit from wake-promoting drugs.

Patients with post–COVID-19 symptoms for at least 4 weeks should be assessed for pulmonary, cardiac, neurocognitive, and psychiatric complications and referred to a specialized clinic, a recent study notes

A reported association between sex and mild ABCA4 alleles among patients with Stargardt disease did not hold up upon reevaluation.

Methotrexate reduces cardiovascular risk in patients with inflammatory disease but not in the general population.

A review detailed the initial steps taken into personalized therapeutic options for psoriatic arthritis.

Long-term use of prescription sleep medications by middle-aged women provides no benefit, a new study says.

A case of a patient with untreated psoriasis and nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM) prompted clinicians to encourage study of the rare combination of disease.

The technique uses optical coherence tomography angiography to assess the motion of blood flow, instead of static images.

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and heated tobacco products come with significant health risks, much as conventional cigarettes do, a study found.

Two-thirds of patients with diabetic kidney disease who are eligible for treatment with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are not being prescribed them, a new study shows.

The researchers undertook the study on diabetes in patients with stroke amid evidence of mortality and hospitalization for some cardiovascular complications declining.

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients face a greater risk of mortality, but treatment with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors erases it.

Sodium-glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors decrease the risk of acute kidney injury and severe hypoglycemia for those with diabetes, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) but increase the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis.

Psoriasis may be associated with an increased prevalence of type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Dupilumab is effective for atopic dermatitis, asthma, and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, but a recent presentation noted the payer challenge in placing the biologic in an optimal tier.

Soft tissue and bone infections, urinary tract infections, stroke, and electrolyte disorder top the reasons why patients with diabetes are admitted to the hospital at greater frequency and cost compared with patients without the disease, according to a new study.

Using acitretin in combination with secukinumab resulted in nearly complete or total relief for 3 patients with severe psoriasis, according to a case study.

Intravitreal dexamethasone implants stabilized, but did not improve, vision for most patients with macular edema due to retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

The study results were released as nephrologists and others are awaiting the findings of a joint task force of 2 national kidney organizations looking at alternative approaches to estimating glomerular filtration rate.

Laryngeal hypersensitivity may be a key factor in refractory and unexplained cough.

Patients with psoriasis have a higher level of interleukin-30 (IL-30) than healthy patients, according to a recent study.

New research highlights a relationship between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cerebral small vessel disease.

Blacks and Hispanics were underrepresented in relation to their US racial distribution in clinical trials for ophthalmology drug approvals from 2000 to 2020.

Oral semaglutide, when used with basal insulin, is as effective or better than the injectable version in treating type 2 diabetes (T2) while providing similar tolerability.

A proportion of rheumatoid arthritis pain may be more appropriately considered separate from inflammation and should be treated as a focus of its own.