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A new report offers novel insights into a very small patient population.

Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, executive vice president of Texas Oncology, discusses how enhancements to telemedicine precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic have made lasting and meaningful changes to oncology care, including that these care improvements will persist post pandemic.

Data from menstrual tracking apps may be used against people in certain states if Roe v Wade is overturned; 100 million Americans, including 41% of adults, have health care debt; Express Scripts reported results of its program to lower diabetes-related costs.

Patients with multiple myeloma frequently relapse and experience deteriorating quality of life, according to findings from the LocoMMotion study, which also reported that specific patient and disease characteristics are associated with poor efficacy outcomes.

Anita Kumar, MD, medical oncologist with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, led a session at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), on New Directions in Mantle Cell Lymphoma.

After completing 6 modules in a digital therapeutic for insomnia, most users met criteria for meaningful treatment response and 40% met criteria for remission.

There needs to be an emphasis on how to reduce the cost and burden of real-world evidence studies, said Patricia Deverka, MD, MS, senior researcher and deputy director at the Center for Translational and Policy Research and Precision Medicine, University of California San Francisco.

Researchers emphasize the importance of characterizing and recognizing this subtype to identify patients at risk of Kaposi sarcoma.

People with rare diseases experience significant diagnostic delays, high out-of-pocket costs, travel burden for specialty care, and insufficient dental and psychological support, according to new findings.

About 43% of patients experienced complete depletion of B cells after the first round of rituximab, and those patients had greater odds of longer-term success.

A patient’s quick response to cemiplimab (Libtayo) was reversed after the therapy was stopped due to progression of apparent metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

A recent review summarized the current knowledge and treatment paradigm of multiple myeloma, including recent advances and challenges in nanomedicine. 

A systematic review found that skin clearance, symptom control, and treatment safety were among the highest expected outcomes of treatment for patients with psoriasis.

A dichotomous classification scheme has helped in the intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) space, but some potential variants require further exploration, the article states.

COVID-19 may not be the only respiratory infection that can result in chronic symptoms afterward.

Adults aged 50 and older who walked for exercise were less likely to develop new frequent knee pain and medial joint space narrowing.

Transfusion dependence is common for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), but real-world data show inconsistent patient experiences and varied transfusion practices between countries.

Surveys of health care professionals, patients, and caregivers explored unmet needs in sickle cell disease (SCD), as well as the significant impact the disease has on everyday life.

Major adverse cardiac events are rare but serious in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), and increased awareness is crucial to identify and treat these conditions in a timely manner.

Recommendations discuss appropriate use and diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic implications of cardiac genetic testing, including guidance on impact of exercise.

High-intensity interval training (HIIT) also improved quality of life and physical activity levels while reducing anxiety and depression levels.

A digital health intervention delivered via smartphone showed that current anxiety symptoms predicted both current and later depressive symptoms.

The FDA authorized COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 years; more than 400,000 over-the-counter (OTC) medications were recalled; medication imports from Canada and the United Kingdom see bipartisan approval in the Senate.

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Researchers found significantly higher incidence rates of of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease compared with other groups.

Despite the increased prevalence of insulin pump use over the past 2 decades, there have been few improvements in uptake of the devices among patients who are Black or who come from lower socioeconomic levels.

The primary outcomes of this secondary analysis of the MOTIVATE-HF study were improvement in caregiver self-efficacy while caring for patients living with heart failure and caregiver contributions to self-care for these patients following motivational interviewing.

Elaine Siegfried, MD, professor of pediatrics and dermatology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, discusses therapeutic management considerations for dermatologists in consulting with diverse patients with atopic dermatitis.