Perelman School Of Medicine University Of Pennsylvania

Joint care by a dermatologist, rheumatologist and other specialists can mitigate the “accelerated trajectory of comorbidities” that can often happen in patients with psoriatic disease, according to a presenter at ACR 2020.

Adults who received a once-weekly 2.4 mg dose of semaglutide in addition to intensive behavioral therapy lost more weight at 68 weeks than those who received placebo, according to trial data presented at ObesityWeek Interactive.

Exposure to diagnostic radiation below the waist may increase risk for testicular germ cell tumors, according to results of a case-control study published in PLOS One.

Localized radiation therapy appeared safe before treatment with chimeric antigen receptor T cells for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, according to study results presented at the virtual ASTRO Annual Meeting.

This year’s newly named ObesityWeek Interactive will highlight an all-virtual format, offering attendees the latest clinical trials, basic science and public policy research, along with a special focus on the impact of COVID-19.

In a real-world cohort of more than 2,000 U.S. patients with psoriatic arthritis, most had multidomain presentations, which were associated with worse disease activity, quality of life and work productivity, according to data published in The Journal of Rheumatology.

Recent weight changes, as well as high variability in weight, predict cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Alerting cardiologists with active or passive prompts within electronic health records regarding statin therapy in eligible patients with atherosclerotic CVD did not significantly change prescribing rates, researchers found.

The American Heart Association announced new guidance and updates to prior recommendations for the 2020 guidelines for CPR and emergency CV care, according to a publication in Circulation.

Increased frequency of ventricular assist device implantation occurred in states that expanded Medicaid eligibility criteria from 2013 to 2015, researchers reported.