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Semaglutide (Wegovy; Novo Nordisk) reduces the risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack, and stroke in adults with cardiovascular disease and either obesity or overweight when combined with the standard-of-care.

Teplizumab is indicated to delay the onset of Stage 3 type 1 diabetes (T1D) in adults and pediatric patients 8 years of age and older with stage 2 T1D.

The study is a companion study to the ROCKstar study, which investigated the drug in individuals with cGVHD who received 2 to 5 prior lines of therapy.

“I see clinical pharmacy specialists (CPS) to be more like the frontline folks that would pretty much work very closely with the providers,” according to a CPS at City of Hope.

The designation is for all patients with low-grade serous ovarian cancer, regardless of their KRAS status and after 1 or more prior lines of therapy.

Tune into this episode of “Public Health Matters” for valuable insights into the intersection of entertainment, health care, and child advocacy, highlighting the importance of creating supportive and interactive environments for pediatric patients.

Diabetes is a known risk factor for cognitive decline and small vessel disease.

Vitamin D preserved insulin-producing cells and cell function, which can reduce complications in young patients.

The device conducts blood biomarker tests that accurately diagnose amyloid pathology and can assist in diagnosing Alzheimer disease in patients with cognitive impairment.

Findings emphasize the importance of further research on effective and safe alternative treatments for MDD in children and adolescents, specifically in patients who are refractory to nonpharmacologic treatment and/or standard of care antidepressants

Findings showed that pharmacists frequently communicated with patients to implement complex plans.

Artificial intelligence (AI) recommendations resulted in fewer recurrent strokes, heart attacks, or vascular death within 3 months of a previous ischemic stroke.

This episode highlights how celebrity endorsements and local influencers can be leveraged to address vaccine hesitancy by shaping attitudes, but also must account for factors like audience trust and the potential for both benefits and limitations.

The continuous glucose monitoring system will be available for purchase online and without a prescription starting in summer 2024.

This designation makes CBL-514 the first drug to receive both Orphan Drug Designation and Fast Track Designation for the treatment of Dercum disease.

Investigators also found that those with community-acquired, radiology-confirmed pneumonia with lower respiratory tract infections had worse outcomes.

The next-generation SRI was previously granted an Orphan Drug Designation in November 2023 and its safety and efficacy are currently being evaluated in clinical trials.

The novel therapy is also being evaluated for the treatment of solid tumors in pancreatic and non-small cell lung cancers.

There have been ongoing concerns about the long-term effects of prenatal exposure on neurodevelopment.

Laws can help eliminate common barriers to transparency but are not the only way to achieve health care transparency.

Study findings could provide scientists more knowledge on why some populations face a higher risk of lung cancer compared to others.

According to the researchers, making changes to the daylight saving time system to accommodate heart health is unnecessary.

The regimen, which was used as second-line treatment in patients with drug-resistant TB, had a similar microbiological response to those with drug-sensitive TB taking first-line regimens.

In some instances, metabolites can predict risk in patients who still have normal glucose biomarkers.

Investigators at Duke University and the University of North Carolina determine what causes recurrent UTIs, even after antibiotics cleared the bacterial infection.

The CBT-based intervention, compared with routine pregnancy care, demonstrated reductions of 81% and 74% for depression and anxiety, respectively.

Only 9% of older adults who reside in the United States had been vaccinated to protect themselves from RSV this fall and winter.

Study findings suggest that biomarkers could provide greater insight into different disease mechanisms and how treatments options could be more beneficial for certain patients.

The FDA also granted traditional approval to amivantamab-vmjw for adults whose disease has progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy.

Hypomyelination with atrophy of the basal ganglia and cerebellum is the most severe form of TUBB4A leukodystrophy that currently has no curative treatment.