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Previously associated with elite controller status, having an inherent low viral reservoir is now possibly linked to individuals with chronic HIV infection who initiate treatment with antiretrovirals more than 6 months after becoming infected.

Results from the University of New South Wales appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine. The co-lead investigator said the results show the need for more treatment options in chronic kidney disease.

The patient guide explains 2 possible side effects, cytokine release syndrome and immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome, that need to be caught quickly in order to be reversible.

A new study that looked at a cohort of 58 patients with multiple myeloma (MM) who contracted COVID-19 found the disease itself does not appear to be linked with higher mortality when these individuals are hospitalized.

Authors hope that identifying knowledge gaps surrounding rare blood cancers, such as essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera, will inspire the science community to invest in new comprehensive research on how to properly diagnose and treat patients.

A study from Germany asked patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) about beliefs regarding immune treatments as well as their illness perceptions. Researchers sought to assess these beliefs to test the idea that they are closely connected to adherence behavior.

Researchers identified a protein that can not only worsen skin inflammation but also plays a key role in damaging joints and bones of patients with psoriasis.

Immunotherapy and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy are new and important treatments revolutionizing care of some cancers; however, their side effects can be very different than what is seen in traditional approaches, such as chemotherapy.

Health-related quality of life and caregiver burden were both significantly correlated with alexithymia in patients with Parkinson disease, with the sub-component “identifying feelings” serving as a key factor.

Between January and July 2020, The American Journal of Managed Care®’s (AJMC®) most-read stories ranged from breaking COVID-19 news to revisions of blood donation guidance.

Lung cancer screening by low-dose computed tomography does not examine spirometry in eligible patients, but study findings published this week suggest that adding this feature could improve the high burden of undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema.

Treating children with aggressive B-cell lymphoma with rituximab can improve cure rates to up to 95%.

Using artificial intelligence to comb through electronic health records to look for the subtle signs that individuals often present with to their doctor in the years before a more advanced diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is made showed promise in a early trial to see if earlier detection is possible.

At the 5-year mark, half of patients hospitalized for heart failure typically have died. These study authors set out to determine if a wearable sensor can better predict who is at risk for heart failure so that the risk can be modified.

States hardest hit by resurgent cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have taken steps to either halt or reverse plans to reopen economies; study findings suggest patients with asthma are no more likely than those without asthma to be hospitalized for COVID-19; the Trump administration plans to adopt a decades-old testing strategy called pooled testing that would expand testing efforts in the United States.

There are promising signs that chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies might lead to meaningful advances in the therapy of multiple myeloma. However, investigators will first need to clear a number of key hurdles.

Most patients who have multiple sclerosis (MS) begin with a relapsing-remitting phase and eventually transition to a secondary progressive phase. In between is believed to be a “transitional” phase, but scientists have yet to discover how to clearly identify patients in transition.

Looking into a deep red light for 3 minutes each day may significantly improve declining eyesight, according to a study published in Journals of Gerontology.

Applicants should show how they would measure biosimilars use and safety in both academic and community practice settings.

Behavioral sleep problems in childhood, such as impaired sleep duration and irregular routines, were associated with the onset of either psychosis or borderline personality disorder later in adolescence, signaling potentially different pathways based on personalized sleep issues.

Despite ongoing disparities in the use of health care services among races/ethnicities and ages, as well as by insurance status, African American women with advanced breast cancer benefited the most following implementation of the Affordable Care Act in states that chose to expand Medicaid coverage.

Oklahomans vote to expand Medicaid amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; Anthony Fauci, MD, cautions Congress that the daily number of new COVID-19 cases could reach 100,000 if outbreaks are not suppressed; public health departments must fight the spread of COVID-19 with lower funding and insufficient staff.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) implanted in early-stage Parkinson disease (PD) was found to decrease the risk of disease progression. If findings are replicated in a larger trial recently approved by the FDA, DBS would be the first therapy proven to slow the progression of any element in PD.

Among patients with rheumatic diseases, medication nonadherence remains a significant problem because of a lack of standardization and guidance on terminology, measurement, and outcome selection, according to an abstract presented at the European Congress of Rheumatology of the European League Against Rheumatism.

Previously, fat cells, called adipocytes, were not known to have a role in renal failure-associated cardiomyopathy.

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the American Headache Society (AHS) released updated guidance on short-term treatment of migraine in children and adolescents.

The investigators conducted the study to understand more about the influence of each predictive factor of mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as rates of death from the pulmonary disease have risen worldwide.

Federal and state officials have implemented policies and safeguards to slow transmission of the virus. Most troubling were state moratoriums on “elective” surgical procedures.