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Investigators assessed different machine learning models to see which was best at distinguishing Parkinson disease from essential tremor.

Robert Sidbury, MD, MPH, Chief, Division of Dermatology, Seattle Children's Hospital, discussed how new guidelines issued by the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) regarding comorbidity risk in patients with atopic dermatitis will influence the condition's treatment.

More than a quarter of patients experience disruptions and delays in treatment for chronic heart failure (CHF) after the initial prescription for sacubitril/valsartan was abandoned/rejected.

A literature review outlined the number of fertility complications that men and women with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face as well as the list of potential factors that can impact fertility and sexual functions in this population.

Researchers identified 5 distinct clusters for disease exacerbation that went beyond disease labels for both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

When including patients who had a mole check or cancer screening, the proportion of patients with at least 1 dermatological condition or disease increased to 47%; both non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancers were among the top 12 skin diseases reported in the study.

Reducing low-value care means saving money, reducing potential harm, and creating room for high-value care to be delivered in the United States.

A recent study aimed to fill research gaps regarding skin cancer rates and risk factors in older adults.

In addition to the 35 notifiable infectious diseases, 95 infectious diseases not required to be reported to public health authorities were also uncovered by the population-based observational study.

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Across all measures, researchers found that body mass index in young adults had the strongest association with the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), estimating that 23.3% of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) cases and 11% of NHLs overall can be attributed to obesity.

CMS issues final plan for aducanumab (Aduhelm) coverage; 2021 sees further drop in US life expectancy; individuals have presented with symptoms of trauma throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Panelists touted the ability to pay for items and repairs to keep Medicare beneficiaries healthier at home, avoiding potentially costly hospitalizations and complications.

Recent clinical trials have excluded older patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) from participating; however, patients aged 65 years and older are more likely to respond to topical corticosteroids than their younger counterparts.

The clinical utility of genomic profiling was demonstrated in patients with advanced gastrointestinal (GI) cancers whose access to targeted therapies based on tissue-based assay findings was similar to those with non-GI cancers.

A trastuzumab biosimilar was found to have similar safety and efficacy with the reference product (Herceptin) in patients with advanced gastric cancer, a population previously excluded from bioequivalence studies for trastuzumab biosimilars.

Chelsee Jensen, PharmD, pharmaceutical formulary manager at the Mayo Clinic, provides her take on why practices will have to continue to stock multiple biosimilars for the same reference product.

A retrospective study found that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was associated with postoperative pulmonary complications and longer length of stay (LOS) following lung cancer resection.

Without addressing rising costs, the problem of underinsurance in health care coverage will remain, said panelists at the 2022 V-BID Summit, discussing some of the smaller steps that are being proposed or are already in place to try to ease the financial burden.

Young adult men with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps were shown to be at greater risk of nasal polyp recurrence after endoscopic sinus surgery than elderly men and adult women of all ages.

Analyses of blood-based markers showed an association between diabetes and higher glycated hemoglobin with cognitive impairment among those with Parkinson disease.

Compared with other racial/ethnic groups, Black patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) presented to medical centers with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) more often throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless of COVID-19 infection.

Stephen Rozzo, PhD, associate vice president and head, Biologics Medical Affairs, Sun Pharma, North America, explains tildrakizumab’s mechanisms of action in the treatment of psoriasis and how the drug differs from other approved biologics.

At the 2022 V-BID Summit, hosted by the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design at the University of Michigan, representatives of CMS and the Commonwealth Fund gave an update on the efforts to monitor, evaluate, and improve health equity in the United States.

A panel of experts advised the FDA to support the development of COVID-19 variant-specific booster doses; the CDC is undergoing a month-long review in efforts to revamp the agency; the Environmental Protections Agency (EPA) proposed a rule to ban asbestos.

The authors found that the relationship between immunosuppressive cells and effector T cells in hilar and distal cholangiocarcinoma has important implications for treatment, in that the tumor microenvironment would likely need to be primed for a treatment strategy to be effective.

A large systematic review on pregnant women living with HIV found that protease inhibitor–based antiretroviral therapy (ART) use was associated with increased risk of babies being born small or very small for their gestational age, but not with other adverse pregnancy outcomes.

A recent study found a correlation in patients with an IgE-mediated food allergy (IgE-FA) reporting symptoms of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), leading researchers to conclude screening for EoE may be beneficial.