Practice Management News

Dupixent improved disease-specific, health-related quality of life and reduced symptoms in adolescents and adults with eosinophilic esophagitis, according to data from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting.

Symptoms of allergic reaction to certain foods during breastfeeding may signal a child’s food allergies later in life, data presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology showed.

Study data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology meeting demonstrated a significant decrease in asthma severity in children following the installation of ultraviolet irradiation units compared with sham units.

In the first half of 2020, life expectancy for the total U.S. population dropped an entire year, bringing it to 77.8 years, according to the CDC.

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History instituted an annual celebration and recognition of Black history in 1926.

U.S. News & World Report recently named Mediterranean the best overall diet. However, a study has found that a vegan diet improved lipid concentrations, body weight and insulin sensitivity better than the Mediterranean diet.

Patients’ response to anti-CTLA-4 or anti-PD-1 checkpoint therapy for advanced melanoma, and their incidence of immune-related adverse events of grade 3 or higher, were similar regardless of preexisting autoimmune disease, according to data.

Many millennial physicians have known about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for years.

Data indicate that access to telehealth is not universal across the United States, according to a presentation at the American Telemedicine Association EDGE Policy Meeting.

Most adults in the United States intend to continue to adhere to preventive measures — such as hand washing, masking and physical distancing — even after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, according to results of a national survey.