Perelman School Of Medicine University Of Pennsylvania

Remote 6-minute walk testing was consistent with standardized clinic walks and may be valid in pulmonary testing, researchers reported in the American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine.

Results showed psychological intervention delivered via automated mobile messaging robots improved function and outcomes in patients who experienced unexpected surgical delays during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trial-ineligible patients with advanced cancer appeared nearly twice as likely as trial-eligible patients to receive immunotherapy, despite no evidence of a survival benefit compared with chemotherapy for this population.

Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, although rare, is frequently undertreated, especially in non-high-income countries, and is sometimes diagnosed after atherosclerosis or aortic stenosis is already present, researchers reported.

Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who were well after exposure/response prevention therapy often could discontinue a serotonin reuptake inhibitor and have similar outcomes to those who continued an SRI.

In this episode, Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE, is joined by Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, and Amesh Adalja, MD, FIDSA, as they discuss quarantine and isolation guidelines, emerging therapies to treat COVID-19, and the anticipated future of the COVID-19 pandemic.

DMARD interruptions in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases increased more than 80% between December 2020 and May 2021, leading to higher rates of self-reported flares, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Lynn M. Schuchter, MD, FASCO, has been elected ASCO president for the 2023-2024 term.

Patients with self-reported elevated spine symptoms in psoriatic arthritis, with or without a diagnosis of axial disease, had worse quality of life and disease activity overall versus patients without axial manifestations, according to data.

In this episode, Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE, and Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, are joined by Paul E. Sax, MD, as they discuss advances in the outpatient management of COVID-19 and emerging information about the omicron variant.