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CHICAGO — Black and Hispanic women who adhered to components of a Mediterranean-style diet were less likely to experience any adverse pregnancy outcome, regardless of overweight or obesity status, researchers reported.

Healthy adults who fasted for the entirety of simulated night-shift work displayed compensatory hyperinsulinemia and maintained glucose tolerance compared with participants who consumed a meal or snack, study results showed.

Hidradenitis suppurativa was linked to adverse maternal and offspring outcomes during the peripartum period and in the long-term, according to a study.

Salt substitution intervention beginning at age 40 years was cost-effective among Chinese adults with prehypertension compared with antihypertensive drug treatment alone, according to findings published in Hypertension.

Aisha Mohammed, MD, was led to the field of medicine with a specific focus on underserved communities after witnessing her mother’s challenges in accessing care.

OCU410, a single-dose modifier gene therapy, demonstrated positive preliminary outcomes for the treatment of geographic atrophy in a phase 1/2 clinical trial, according to a press release from Ocugen.

The FDA granted accelerated approval to zanidatamab-hrii for treatment of adults with previously treated unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive biliary tract cancer.

PHILADELPHIA — In addition to COPD, patients frequently have other chronic diseases on top of their lung disease, including type 2 diabetes and osteoporosis, according to a presentation at the 2024 GOLD COPD International Conference.

BOSTON — To help patients with interstitial lung disease lower the chances of having a sick baby, physicians must have “honest and accurate conversations” with them before pregnancy, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — Combination therapy with peginterferon alfa-2b and nucleos(t)ide analogues resulted in significantly higher hepatitis B surface antigen loss vs. monotherapy in children with HBV, especially among those aged younger than 7 years.