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As more becomes known about Crohn disease, treatment modalities have evolved with biologic monoclonal antibodies becoming a key part of guideline- and evidence-based medicine.

Radio frequency identification-enabled automation for inventory management has only achieved its massive adoption in the retail space over the past 2 decades.

The radiohybrid imaging agent allowed positron emission tomography to identify prostate cancer with an 83% detection rate.

Repotrectinib is a promising next-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor under investigation for the treatment of ROS1-positive locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

In the initial cohort, 63% of patients with advanced melanoma achieved an objective response rate, including 6 who had a complete response and 19 who had a partial response to the combination of fianlimab and cemiplimab.

Study findings suggest surveillance and prevention programs are needed for this common and deadly complication of hospitalization.

Sue Ojageer discusses the new coloring book she created to explore different pharmaceutical career paths.

Multiple myeloma treatment selection is critical due to the potential for developing treatment resistance over time to the currently prescribed drugs.

In Greece, the stark increase in Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) incidence cannot be explained by a rise of antimicrobial use during the pandemic.

With no treatments currently FDA approved, patients arrive at the hospital with no options for treatment beside waiting for the intoxication to pass.

Bictegravir/emtricitabine/ tenofovir alafenamide tablets (B/F/TAF) provides long-term virologic suppression for nearly 100% of patients.

This is the first clinical evidence to show that stimulating the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) inhibitory pathway is beneficial for rheumatologic disease.

Decentralization has already been shown to streamline clinical trials, but it also has the potential to improve the broader health care ecosystem.

Overweight or obesity between middle and later adulthood had a statistically significant risk for noncolorectal gastrointestinal cancer.

Acinetobacter are gram-negative human pathogens that infect individuals who are critically ill, which can result in severe pneumonia and bloodstream infections.

Weight loss that began as far as 2 years before a lung cancer diagnosis was associated with a risk of cancer.

Sexual minority populations disproportionately suffer from mental health conditions as well, which could partially impact cardiovascular health, a recent study indicates.

In a single-center study, investigators reviewed charts of 25 children with inflammatory bowel disease transitioning from infliximab to the biosimilar infliximab-dyyb for maintenance.

Structural inequalities that contribute to HIV acquisition are known to also contribute to housing stability, and this was apparent in findings regarding race and ethnicity.

The treatment improved lung function at 12 weeks and quality of life at 4 weeks.

The drug is available in 2 formulations, including a weekly injection with a lower dose than previously available as well as a monthly injection.

EUA restriction for hospitalized patients was basis for lawsuit that advanced several arguments.

Comprehensive in-hospital planning, postdischarge follow-up, ongoing support are key.

The attitudes of community-based opioid use disorder treatment center staff toward the emergency department as a site of initiation were varied, with some feeling that emergency department-initiated buprenorphine may attract patients who were not experiencing life-threatening emergencies.

The protozoan intranasal treatment was associated with a strong increase of immune cells within the lung.

Reporting vaccination data to Immunization Information Systems databases can support public health surveillance activities.

Specialty pharmacists—those caring for patients with serious, sometimes life-threatening conditions such as cancer or rheumatologic disease—are not immune from the ongoing labor crisis.

The imaging agent and visualization system will be an adjunct to standard of care to reduce residual cancer in the lumpectomy cavity during initial surgery.

Pharmacists should continue to monitor payer policy changes and reimbursement rates and improve understanding of electronic order entry.

The diagnosis should change from an influenza infection if the patient has gradually increasing chest pain after the original diagnosis.