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Study results indicates that the injectable antiretroviral therapy can benefit patients who are historically underserved and may face treatment barriers, including those with mental illness.

Amid a packed roster of of late-breaking research at the American Academy of Dermatology 2023 Annual Meeting, investigators presented findings from long-term extensions of the Topical Ruxolitinib Evaluation in Vitiligo phase 3 studies.

Polypharmacy was significantly higher in patients with psoriatic arthritis when compared with controls, according to a new study.

Lower levels of certain biomarkers were predictive of treatment response for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) at day 28, investigators found.

Recognizing markers like atonia index during wakefulness (WAI) that are not present in other hypersomnias might help in the diagnosis of narcolepsy.

Preventing tobacco use has saved Californians billions, according to recent research.

Biosimilars may not be perfect, but they are, at the very minimum, helping to make cancer therapies a little bit more accessible, said Andre D. Harvin, PharmD, MS, executive director of pharmacy, oncology, Cone Health.

Speakers at the American Academy of Dermatology 2023 Annual Meeting highlighted the potential of DataDerm to tell the story of dermatological care in the United States, but some also cautioned that the registry only reflects those who have access to care in the first place.

The Chinese report details the case of a 6-year-old female patient with type 1 SMA who was successfully weaned off prolonged invasive ventilation after beginning treatment with nusinersen.

Extended follow-up data from the ProtecT trial highlight the importance of weighing the risks associated with radical treatment versus active surveillance for newly diagnosed localized prostate cancer.

Investigators of this study noted the need for more data on risks of malignancies among patients who have atopic dermatitis (AD), with the chronic skin condition already having significant associations with nonmelanoma skin cancer, lymphoma, keratinocyte carcinoma, and pancreatic and kidney cancers.

Different methods of DNA collection and needle sizes led to varied next-generation sequencing success rates among patients with lung cancer in a recent study.

A symposium at the American Academy of Dermatology 2023 Annual Meeting convened speakers who presented current data on the use of Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors in dermatology, including in atopic dermatitis and vitiligo.

It's harder for younger children to deal with the complexities of managing type 1 diabetes (T1D), so a delayed diagnosis even by a few years is a big deal, said Kevan Herold, MD, professor of immunobiology and medicine at Yale School of Medicine.

Samyukta Mullangi, MD, MBA, oncology fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and incoming medical director at Thyme Care, explained Thyme Care’s value-based care (VBC) system in oncology and the benefits of care navigation.

The high court in North Dakota voted to protect abortion in that state; an outside panel of FDA expert advisors voted to support a full approval for Paxlovid; Sanofi follows competitors' price caps for insulin.

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The new report suggests patients with acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody titers above 8.11 nmol/L were at higher risk of conversion.

Stephen M. Schleicher, MD, MBA, Tennessee Oncology and Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Board of Directors member, discusses what brings him back to the Community Oncology Conference year after year.

AMCP 2023, taking place March 21-24 in San Antonio, Texas, will feature 6 educational tracks, 3 keynote addresses, and an estimated 4000 managed care professionals in attendance.

The combination of smoking and socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with risk of asthma among different socio-occupational groups, this new study found.

Kimberly Westrich, director of value and access strategy at AmerisourceBergen, previews AMCP 2023 and her preconference session about incorporating value framework assessments into coverage and reimbursement decision-making.

Young children using the t:slim X2 insulin pump with Control-IQ Technology system maintained target glucose levels for 3 hours longer than children using an insulin pump or daily injections with a continuous glucose monitor.

The majority of CAR T-cell therapy recipients developed a humoral immune response to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in a recent study, with a more robust vaccine schedule linked to higher antibody titers.

Lawyers were questioned in a federal lawsuit intending to overturn approval of a drug used for medication abortion; during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, US maternal mortality increased for the third year in a row; the Alzheimer’s Association is lobbying Congress to push for Medicare coverage of new Alzheimer drugs under early access.

The Skin Pain Numeric Rating Scale, Worst-Itch Numeric Rating Scale, and Dermatology Life Quality Index were evaluated for their content validity, fit-for-purpose, and psychometric and measurement properties among patients with the chronic skin disease being treated with dupilumab.

Prior to this study, explained researchers, data on the long-term course of osteoporosis, as evaluated through bone mineral density (BMD) in these patients, have been lacking.

Risk of flare in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was low after fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) for the treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).