Early Disease

LAS VEGAS — The CMS End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices model was designed to offer optimal care while cutting Medicare expenses, but policy may not always have the intended effect, according to a speaker.

Although sustained remission free of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs “does not seem attainable” for patients with rheumatoid arthritis requiring biological DMARDs, it is possible for those who do not require them, according to data.

The future of Alzheimer’s disease detection and treatment may lie in AI-based datasets encompassing an abundance of real-world evidence from a large number of patients, an expert said.

SAN DIEGO — Rheumatoid arthritis has received less attention than other diseases in recent years, but some “new concepts” may rouse it from its current “doldrums,” said a speaker at the 2024 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

In this video, E. McAuley Fish, DO, breast surgery fellow with Fox Chase Cancer Center, highlights the role of surgery in early breast cancer.

E. McAuley Fish, DO, breast surgery fellow with Fox Chase Cancer Center, speaks with Healio about ways to mitigate risk before a breast cancer diagnosis.

Healio spoke with Walker Lyons, MD, breast surgery fellow with Fox Chase Cancer Center, about an increase in breast cancer diagnosis in younger people.