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Dulaglutide reduces liver fat content in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, when used in combination with standard T2D treatment.

Results from the second major renal outcomes trial for an SGLT2 inhibitor affirm the role of the class in preventing renal decline and kidney failure.

The PARALLAX study points to potential benefits from sacubitril/valsartan in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, which has no approved treatments.

It's very important to take the EMPEROR-Reduced and DAPA-HF trials together as being complementary, said Milton Packer, MD, of Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.

A new study shows that empagliflozin, the diabetes drug that set off a market frenzy 5 years ago, is on par with dapagliflozin for certain heart failure patients.

Researchers discuss the case of a 32-year-old patient who is being treated with ruxolitinib over a period of years to treat steroid refractory graft-versus-host disease.

The report explored the use of intravenous lidocaine in a hospital that expanded its use beyond postoperative gastrointestinal surgery.

NCCN added tafasitamab plus lenalidomide to their oncology practice guidelines for patients with relapsed or refractory DLBCL not otherwise specified.

Most people with systemic lupus erythematosus and inflammatory arthritis, who use medications that make them immunosuppressed, are not necessarily at greater risk of hospitalization from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to 2 studies.

A Boxed Warning on increased risk of leg and foot amputations has been removed from the label of canagliflozin, a sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor.

A Dutch study shows how genetic testing can help couples avoid passing devastating kidney diseases to their children, but it raises issues of disparities.

Patients who are diagnosed with Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) at age 55 or younger tend to have low risk profiles and very high overall survival rates.

The FDA approved the drug on August 7, and on August 17, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) accepted the marketing authorization application for the spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treatment.

Patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are at a greater risk for osteopenia and osteoporosis, but the associate is the result of secondary factors, such as medication.

For multiple sclerosis, the therapy will be sold as Kesimpta by Novartis; it is administered by patients once a month through the Sensoready autoinjector pen.

In a Complete Response Letter, FDA is requesting additional data from Gilead Sciences for its investigational treatment for moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

A combination of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) relieved certain neurophysiological symptoms affecting patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS).

In individuals with type 2 diabetes and comorbid obesity, the metabolic benefits of gastric bypass surgery and diet were similar and related to weight loss itself, but it had no clinically important effects independent of weight loss.

Sanofi and Johnson & Johnson are making moves to expand their autoimmune portfolios with recently announced acquisitions.

According to a review published in Eye and Brain, the use of OCT-A, a noninvasive imaging technique for analyzing the retinal and choroidal microvasculature in vivo, can play a pivotal role in the detection and monitoring of neurodegenerative diseases.

German researchers find viral RNA in kidneys of patients who died from COVID-19.

Ruxolitinib plus etanercept showed positive results for the treatment of steroid-refractory severe acute graft-versus-host disease.

Secukinumab 150 mg improves signs and symptoms of patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis, according to results of the PREVENT trial published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Although the effects of stress and anger on ischemic heart disease and arrhythmia are well known, they are less established in heart failure, particularly those with reduced ejection fraction.

Patricia Salber, MD, MBA, of The Doctor Weighs In, and Scott Hayworth, MD, president and CEO of New York-based CareMount Medical, discuss delivering preventive care and managing chronic illnesses during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.