Inflammation

 The supplemental biologics license application for Dupixent for the treatment of bullous pemphigoid in adults has been accepted by the FDA for priority review, Sanofi announced in a press release.

ORLANDO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Telling It Like It Is, Steven M. Silverstein, MD, FACS, discusses the positive impact of Dextenza on inflammation after intraocular surgery.

NSAIDs “provide the greatest benefit and least harm” for treating acute pain in children compared with ketamine and opioids, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.

SAN DIEGO — Lauren E. Merz, MD, MSc, can still feel both the relief and anger two parents expressed during her first year of medical school at University of Michigan.

While you wait for the groundhog to make his determination this weekend, take some time to buff up your knowledge of rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic autoimmune disease that affects about 1.5 million people in the United States.

Increased intermuscular fat, not BMI, was independently associated with coronary microvascular function and major adverse CV events, according to new data published in the European Heart Journal.

A tear of the posterior capsule is a common intraoperative complication and will occur occasionally even with the most experienced surgeons. If you comanage cataract patients, you have seen a broken capsule.

Exposure to high nighttime aircraft noise was tied to cardiac remodeling consistent with changes associated with increased risk for major adverse cardiac events, researchers reported.

Skin inflammation, such as psoriasis, was associated with systemic inflammation, whereas both psoriasis severity and systemic inflammation were linked with cardiovascular disease, according to a study.