Chronic Disease

A multidisciplinary, virtual platform showed preliminary feasibility for reducing distress and improving access for patients with graft-versus-host disease, according to findings published in Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.

SAN FRANCISCO — Patient activation, earned trust and health literacy at patient, provider and health system levels are critical to overcoming health disparities among pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease, noted a presenter.

Senators grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his views on vaccines, abortion and other health-related matters in a frequently contentious hearing Wednesday to assess his nomination to be the next U.S. health secretary.

The FDA announced a ban on the controversial red dye no. 3, which gives food and drinks a bright, cherry red color and has also been associated with cancer in laboratory rats.

The FDA has proposed a rule requiring a new nutrition label on the front of most packaged foods, offering consumers easily visible information about the presence of key nutrients, according to a press release.

Anemia of chronic disease is associated with significant mortality, and overall outcomes are influenced by demographic, socioeconomic and hospital-related factors, according to study results presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Low-level lead poisoning remains prevalent across the United States and globally, warranting screening and identification of those at highest risk, according to a recently published review.

This year’s American College of Lifestyle Medicine annual conference is taking place in person in Orlando and virtually from Oct. 27 to Oct. 30.

A significant number of Medicaid-insured infants infected with HIV in the first year of their life did not receive postnatal antiretroviral prophylaxis, a study presented at IDWeek showed.

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