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Q&A: New Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation chief medical officer to focus on community
Amy Hajari Case, MD, FCCP, has been named chief medical officer of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, according to a press release.
On-demand vonoprazan reduces nonerosive reflux disease symptoms ‘within first hour’
PHILADELPHIA — On-demand vonoprazan effectively reduced heartburn symptom severity in patients with nonerosive reflux disease within 1 hour of treatment, according to data presented at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.
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VIDEO: ‘Encouraging’ safety data on Livdelzi in primary biliary cholangitis, cirrhosis
PHILADELPHIA — In this video, Nancy S. Reau, MD, FAASLD, AGAF, highlights a presentation at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting investigating the use of Livdelzi in patients with primary biliary cholangitis and cirrhosis.
Hand, whole-body MRI register joint, enthesis improvements from apremilast in PsA
Hand and whole body MRI can objectively measure improvements in joint and enthesis inflammation resulting from apremilast treatment for psoriatic arthritis, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.
Blood test may improve detection of early pancreatic cancer
A novel evaluation of biomarkers known to be associated with pancreatic cancer significantly improved detection of early-stage disease compared with previous tests, according to results of a double-blind phase 2 trial.
VIDEO: Treating autoimmune hepatitis with mycophenolate ‘still a cautionary tale’
PHILADELPHIA — In this video, Nancy S. Reau, MD, FAASLD, AGAF, speaks with Healio about findings from a systemic review and meta-analysis on the efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil compared with azathioprine for autoimmune hepatitis.
Screening tool detects anxiety in half of children going into surgery
A brief, computerized mental health screening for children going into surgery showed that more than half were experiencing preoperative anxiety, according to findings presented at Anesthesiology 2024.
IV nipocalimab reduces disease expression in generalized myasthenia gravis
Treatment with IV nipocalimab was safe and led to significant reductions in disease expression at 24 weeks in adolescents with generalized myasthenia gravis, according to data presented at AANEM.
Prior surgery has no impact on exercise therapy, education outcomes in knee osteoarthritis
Patients with knee osteoarthritis in a supervised education and exercise program demonstrated similar clinical outcomes regardless of whether they previously had knee surgery, according to data published in Clinical Rheumatology.
Improving access to ‘healthy food’ may lower risk for post-liver transplant diabetes
PHILADELPHIA — Liver transplant recipients who lived in counties with limited access to healthy food were at higher risk for developing diabetes following transplantation, according to data presented at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.