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Inconsistent application and measure of the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes definition of acute kidney injury (AKI) prompted this review, which used a measure of 75% agreement when defining consensus.

Comprehensive and multidisciplinary clinical approaches to chronic wound care are important to the management of wounds in older adults, according to a recent review.

CMS proposes rule on price transparency and emergency care access in rural communities and health care gaps exacerbated by the pandemic; wildfire smoke is associated with increased susceptibility to COVID-19; American Academy of Pediatrics recommends mask mandates in schools.

Patients should continue to be monitored while on treatment with SGLT2 inhibitors if they are being treated for comorbid type 2 diabetes and heart failure, emphasized Mikhail N. Kosiborod, MD, cardiologist, vice president of Research at Saint Luke's Health System.

Catlin Dennis, MPH, describes the challenges socially and medically vulnerable youth with diabetes and their families faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ezio Bonifacio, PhD, explains factors associated with childhood type 1 diabetes incidence and why more research is needed among minority populations.

Patients with Parkinson disease treated with acupuncture-related therapies combined with conventional medication exhibited significant improvements in motor function and experiences of daily living, although the quality of findings may warrant future research.

Bobeck Modjtahedi, MD, highlights some of the challenges of using telehealth to treat individuals with diabetic retinopathy.

Amgen has received a letter from the FDA cautioning it against making misleading claims in advertising about its pegfilgrastim injector.

New research underscores the strong association seen between migraine, hearing loss, and tinnitus among US adults.

Research indicates those with pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (POMS) may have reduced memory performance compared with healthy controls.

New cases of COVID-19 are rising in all 50 states for the third consecutive day; stark increase in alcohol-associated liver disease hospitalizations reported amid the pandemic; nearly 2 dozen reports of mysterious health incidents have been observed among US personnel in Vienna, Austria.

Adults living with HIV sometimes get lost, and we need to optimize their outcomes, noted Allison Agwu, MD, ScM, FAAP, FIDSA, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Michael Thompson, president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, speaks on the growth of telehealth and value-based care amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the influence they will have on care delivery strategies in the years to come.

Researchers have found that the number of variants a patient had in their plasma had prognosis implications, with circulating cell-free DNA mutational load having a significant association with overall survival.

This new study from Japan investigated possible relationships between tubular injury, COVID-19 severity, and inflammatory markers with development of acute kidney injury.

The researchers identified 3 immune subtypes of esophageal cancer (EC) among the samples, all of which had different prognostic implications.

Researchers assess mortality rates among those with just asthma, just atopic dermatitis, and individuals with both conditions in Denmark.

Researchers investigated whether responses to questionnaires on psoriasis and atopic dermatitis prevalence remained consistent over time.

Christopher Arendt, PhD, head, Oncology Therapeutic Area Unit, Takeda, speaks on the success of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in the treatment of blood cancers and efficacy implications of these therapies for solid tumor cancers.

Gary Lyman, MD, MPH, an oncologist and hematologist, gives his thoughts on whether health care institutions need to be doing more to encourage use of biosimilars.

In Germany, rates of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) seen at time of type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis were stable throughout the past 2 decades.

Early assessment of risks for other disorders may significantly improve long-term outcomes.

Although there is hope chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy can revolutionize how to treat glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), there is still more research to be done, say investigators, noting that research on CAR T-cell therapy in this setting is still in early stages.

The characteristics of the tumor and the presence of surgical fatigue can help determine patients’ candidacy for skin cancer surgery, explained Todd Schlesinger, MD, FAAD, director, Dermatology and Laser Center of Charleston and Clinical Research Center of the Carolinas.

A new treatment using human immune cells can prevent infections in patients with leukemia who have a weakened immune system due to treatment for their disease.

New data from the REACH3 trial show ruxolitinib resulted in positive outcomes among those with chronic graft-vs-host disease (GVHD).

An overview of the latest news in Parkinson disease reported across MJH Life Sciences™.

Larger primary care practices in downside risk–only payment models and capitation saw the highest telemedicine utilization rates by their patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.

Research from ESC Heart Failure shows a slower standardized gait speed in older adults with heart failure.