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Kathryn Lindley, MD, FACC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, shares what women can do to prioritize their heart health during National Women's Health Week and every week.

New study findings demonstrate that valoctocogene roxaparvovec, a gene therapy for severe hemophilia A, significantly reduces bleeding episodes and dependency on factor VIII infusions over a 3-year period, while maintaining a favorable safety profile.

Closer monitoring of youth hypertension could lessen the disease in adults, reducing overall costs and morbidity related to cardiovascular disease (CVD), new research shows.

A US-based discrete choice experiment survey found that patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) prioritize treatments that effectively control itching.

An intravitreal ranibizumab injection was able to improve retinal sensitivity and thickness along with improving visual acuity.

Amy Shapiro, MD, medical director of Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, joined AJMC to shed light on a broadly overlooked disorder: plasminogen deficiency type-1.

Patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) reported improved glucose outcomes, but they also said their sleep and quality of life benefited.

Botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) exhibited promising results for nail psoriasis for up to 6 months with a single injection.

A new study highlights significant disparity in reimbursement rates across states between hospitals and Medicare; the first patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney has died; research examines outcomes of over 500 patients receiving medication abortion pills by mail.

Immune checkpoint blockade therapy works by preventing the binding of checkpoint and partner proteins, thereby allowing T cells to continue their work of attacking and killing cancer cells.

A genetic study suggests people with allergies and eczema are more likely to develop alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss. Researchers believe this link may be due to similar immune system responses.

Youth without HIV had a longer life expectancy compared with youth with HIV when using a microsimulation modeling analysis.

A follow-up study utilizing interviews and survey responses demonstrates that patients prefer rhenium-188 skin cancer therapy (RSCT) over surgery in the treatment of their non-melanoma skin cancer.

While urologists and oncologists agreed on many barriers and facilitators of first-line treatment intensification for metastatic castrate-sensitive prostate cancer, there were also a number of differing beliefs, including whether there is enough clinical support.

In addition to her advanced age and obesity status, the patient had a history of pulmonary embolism managed with an inferior vena cava filter, increasing her risk of thrombosis.

Patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer (OC), particularly those older than 60 years or with a disease duration exceeding 5 years, had a higher incidence of subsequent dry eye disease (DED), suggesting a potential correlation between OC and DED.

A study assessing adolescents' self-reported sleep behavior and social factors unearthed a relationship between individual popularity and their sleep patterns.

Challenges in developing next-generation cancer therapies persist; research indicates widespread utilization and hurdles in affordability and access to glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) medications; legislation seeks to legalize therapeutic use of psychedelics in California.

A large study finds that obesity and metabolic syndrome raise breast cancer mortality risk, but through different mechanisms. Metabolic syndrome is linked to a specific type of breast cancer, whereas obesity increases risk across all breast cancer subtypes.

A recent study applied machine learning to medical and pharmacy claims data to develop a model for predicting hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) diagnosis, highlighting the potential for improved understanding of HS underdiagnosis on a health care system level.

Earlier antiretroviral therapy was found to be safe in regards to kidney health, with benefits of virologic suppression and immune reconstitution.

This week's topics include frameworks for improving health equity nationwide, addressing social determinants of health, discussing CMS's Medicare rules, investigating breast cancer treatment refusal, and exploring HIV and major depressive disorder in underrepresented groups.

Public hospitals were significantly more likely to sustain access to unprofitable services following 340B Drug Pricing Program participation, while nonprofit hospitals were mostly unaffected, according to a recent study.

Educational interventions for patients, including both in-person and online methods, significantly reduced atopic dermatitis (AD) severity.

The case of a 77-year-old woman with a long chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) history illustrates the novel use of zanubrutinib as a potential option for some patients who have failed first-generation Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors and venetoclax.

Results featured at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy 2024 annual meeting revealed a pattern of prior authorization rejections that could delay necessary therapeutic treatments for various patient groups.

Restoring diurnal rest-activity rhythm in patients who have had surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC) can help to improve their sleep patterns and quality of life (QOL).

Due to often being overlooked as only carriers of hemophilia, the review authors sought to highlight the needs of female caretakers for patients with the disorder and the possibility of women themselves being affected by it.