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Men are more than twice as likely than women to develop IgG4-related disease, and demonstrate “striking” sex-dependent organ distribution and B-cell response, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

FDA has scaled back its Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy reporting requirements for providers of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies.

CHICAGO — A stepped palliative care model delivering early care at key points for patients with advanced cancer resulted in fewer visits while still maintaining quality-of-life benefits, results from a randomized study showed.

BOSTON — Most adults should follow the National Academy of Medicine recommendations for daily vitamin D intake, though some populations could benefit from higher intake levels, according to a new clinical practice guideline.

CHICAGO — Early palliative care via telehealth had an equivalent impact on quality of life as in-person visits for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, according to study findings presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — In this video from the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting, Miho J. Tanaka, MD, PhD, discussed radiographic positioning of the femoral tunnel in surgical candidates with patellar instability and dysplasia.

High-dose oral vitamin A prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation reduced the incidence of graft-versus-host disease with minimal toxicity, according to study data published in Blood.

Air pollution accentuates the relationship between poor mental health and premature mortality from heart disease in the United States, researchers reported at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2024.

ATLANTA — Adults genetically predisposed to high stress are more likely to have a heart attack during times of heightened stress, such as a major holiday or after a presidential election, researchers reported.

The use of racial-ethnic adjustments in the U.S. version of the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool may be underestimating fractures among underrepresented groups, and new, more accurate tools are needed, according to a task force report.