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The WikiGuidelines collaborative has published the first guidelines for UTI prevention, diagnosis and management in more than a decade.

NEW YORK — As vaccination coverage declines globally, pediatricians need to prepare to encounter more measles cases in their communities, according to a presentation at the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium.

Older women with chronic kidney disease who take denosumab may have a higher risk for emergently treated hypocalcemia compared with those treated with bisphosphonates, according to published data.

WASHINGTON — Among patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases, circulating interleukin-18 levels were lower in those with long COVID vs. those without, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2024.

Internet use could help improve mental health and well-being in adults aged 50 years or older, study results published in Nature Human Behavior suggested.

Researchers found various trends in melanoma incidence among young patients, one of which is that rates are steadily decreasing, according to a study.

DALLAS — Results presented here showed the perception of work-life balance approached significant difference among male and female orthopedic surgeons, as well as among physicians initially interested in arthroplasty.

WASHINGTON — Patients treated with a novel neurotrophin-3 inhibitor demonstrated significant reductions in osteoarthritis knee pain across all dosing levels, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2024.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with decompensated alcohol-associated cirrhosis and ascites taking naltrexone had lower risk for all-cause mortality and liver disease complications, including acute kidney injury and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

In an open-label extension of the CLARITY-AD study, treatment with IV lecanemab was associated with significant improvement in Alzheimer’s disease-related pathology, continuing a positive treatment effect from the randomization phase.