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Among a real-world cohort of patients, switching between infliximab biosimilars was effective and well tolerated, although retention was higher among those who had initially started on the originator product.

Snoring affects not only the person who is snoring, but their partners as well, said Michael Johnson, CEO of Rhinomed.

The Senate passed a bipartisan gun law, the first major gun legislation in nearly 30 years, which now goes to the House; HIV cases dropped during the pandemic, perhaps due to lack of testing; researchers say COVID-19 vaccines have saved nearly 20 million lives but could be even more effective.

Reversing a landmark precedent, the Supreme Court voted Friday to overturn 1973’s Roe v Wade decision that guaranteed American women the constitutional right to an abortion, and at least 1 justice suggested that other precedents, such as the right to birth control, be reversed as well.

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The FDA released an action plan to address the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) Act.

Patients who received a diagnosis of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) between 2010 and 2016 had a nearly 2% increase in overall survival vs those who received their diagnosis between 2004 and 2010.

Most patients taking a biologic stayed on the therapy, and most saw decreases in exacerbations, a new study has found.

The findings of this study, which used insurance claims data for patients 2 years and older to determine rates of meningococcal A, C, W, Y vaccine uptake, points to the need for more education, the authors said.

Zahra Mahmoudjafari, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy manager at the University of Kansas Health System, catalogues the chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapies that are coming down the pipeline.

A review of more than 200 neurology-focused apps found opportunities to improve language offerings and hybrid use with clinicians.

The study included children and adolescents, and it found decreased vertebral height and depth among both groups of patients compared with healthy controls.

The FDA and the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Wednesday gave positive decisions on an expanded indication for Merck’s pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine (Vaxneuvance).

Abstracts presented at EULAR 2022 focused on racial differences in gout prevalence and treatment, highlighting racial disparities in recent decades.

Abstracts presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting evaluated biosimilar use in practices participating in the Oncology Care Model (OCM) and estimated the savings as a result of substituting these agents for more expensive reference products.

Collecting more than 3 decades’ worth of data, researchers determined that none of the identified blood biomarkers are accurate enough to take the place of current diagnostic approaches, either due to lack of data or lack of specificity.

The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that New York's requirement for concealed carry gun permits are too restrictive; the FDA ordered Juul Labs Inc to pull its e-cigarettes from the market; a meningococcal disease outbreak in Florida includes at least 26 total cases and 7 deaths.

Community engagement, investment, and quality metrics were spotlighted as potential solutions to address health inequities affecting marginalized communities nationwide.

Research supports markers like C-peptide not only for the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D), but also for patient management.

The data suggest the noninvasive procedure was successful in guiding food reintroduction, but missed some food triggers in certain patients.

The combination is the first and only therapy to be approved with a tumor-agnostic indication in both children and adults with solid tumors that have a BRAF V600E mutation, Novartis said late Wednesday.

The study, published in Current Medical Research and Opinion, finds that females were 22% more likely than males to have long COVID, which was defined as having symptoms that lasted more than 4 weeks after onset.

In this study, Italian investigators evaluated how sacubitril/valsartan (Sac/Val) dose titration among older patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) might affect reverse cardiac remodeling and if the success of up-titration can be predicted.

It is important that we learn how to exploit DNA damage repair deficiencies to treat cancer help patients in control their disease. explained Hatem Soliman, MD, medical director, Clinical Trials Office, Moffitt Cancer Center.

About 70% of caregivers studied reported that they preferred to use the emergency department for treatment for asthma exacerbations, indicating current education is insufficient for managing asthma at home.

A recent study found that the ranibizumab port delivery system (PDS) has cost-saving potential compared with regular ranibizumab or aflibercept injections for age-related macular degeneration if used in the long term.

An analysis of biologic drug use patterns in patients with psoriasis from Tuscany, Italy, associated etanercept with the highest frequency of switching to other biologics; secukinumab and ustekinumab were linked with the lowest risk.

A Mendelian randomization study found that some sleep traits, including duration, were associated with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.