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Updated guidance in 6 key areas of asthma care focus on improving diagnosis, management, and treatment.

As higher estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations indicate better kidney function, there has been increasing recognition that this may lead to inequitable and delayed care in treating chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Black adults.

Results of a retrospective case series revealed an association between blood-brain barrier disruption (BBBD)–related maculopathy and the number of BBBD treatment sessions patients underwent, suggesting a dose-dependent effect of the treatment.

Use of selexipag in patients with connective tissue disease–associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (CTD-PAH) resulted in outcomes similar to those seen in patients with idiopathic PAH, despite the traditionally poorer prognosis of CTD-PAH.

Researchers assessed 3 risk factors for migraine in children and adolescents: stress, sleep poverty, and alimentation.

Certain antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs can decrease contraception’s effectiveness, said Milena Murray, PharmD, MSc, BCIDP, AAHIVP, associate professor, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy.

As the only biologic on the market, dupilumab has replaced most of the more traditional treatments for atopic dermatitis, said David Pariser, MD, senior physician at Pariser Dermatology Specialists.

Severe aplastic anemia used to have few options and mortality was high, but a new class of drugs offers some hope.

It remains unclear whether measures of magnetic resonance imaging plaque characteristics are associated with cardiovascular disease events independent of plaque burden at the population level.

Among older women with and without breast and ovarian cancers, testing for the BRCA gene dropped precipitously between 2008 and 2018.

Intermittent hypoxia sensitizes control centers in the brain, noted Krishna M. Sundar, MD, clinical professor, Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, and medical director, Sleep-Wake Center, University of Utah.

Among patients with glaucoma, diffuse rather than focal glaucomatous macular damage was associated with diminished facial recognition and contrast sensitivity, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Intravenous (IV) iron reduced rehospitalization risk among patients hospitalized with acute heart failure (HF) and low iron, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2020.

Combination therapy plays a central role in treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and 2 abstracts presented at the CHEST annual meeting highlighted real-world treatment patterns.

Clarence Moore, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, assistant professor at Shenandoah University in Ashburn, Virginia, discusses a new treatment option for beta thalassemia.

Investigating circulating tumor DNA is a top priority for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, noted Michael R. Green, PhD, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

New real-world data confirms that carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (KRd) are a safe and effective option for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Findings published in BMC Ophthalmology suggest that during diagnosis and follow-up of glaucoma with high myopia, more attention ought to be focused on structure and functional defects in macular areas.

Compared with treprostinil, selexipag carried a 47% reduced risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)-related hospitalization and 46% reduced risk of all-cause hospitalization.

Research behind the therapy could lead to other discoveries about heart disease as well as the aging process.

Most patients who are diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia are in middle or old age. The relatively small number who are diagnosed earlier in life can be subject to long-term health risks due to their treatment.

Authors in the Journal of Clinical Oncology discuss hypotheses on the differences in mutations and implications for treatment with PARP inhibitors.

Using DIXON, T2 mapping, and diffusion tensor imaging, the researchers obtained quantitative MRI for 31 patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) types 2 and 3.

Mounting evidence is supporting the use of poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors in prostate cancer, according to a new study.