Quality Of Life

WASHINGTON — A dietary intervention to reduce sodium intake did not reduce clinical events in ambulatory patients with HF, although researchers saw a modest benefit in quality of life measures, data from the SODIUM-HF trial show.

An online weight loss intervention for people with obesity and asthma significantly improved asthma control and quality of life, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

BOSTON — In this video, Lloyd S. Miller, MD, PhD, of Janssen Research & Development, summarizes Tremfya (guselkumab) data in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis treatment presented at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.

Preliminary data from the COMPASS-IBD study showed an interdisciplinary care model improved psychosocial outcome values among patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease who choose not to use dialysis can survive many years with improvements to their mental health, in addition to stable physical health and quality of life until late into the illness, data show.

Patients with prurigo nodularis experience significant impairment to their quality of life and individual economic burden, according to a study.

Female pattern hair loss was common in postmenopausal women and was significantly associated with BMI, researchers found.

Sex and gender can influence the pathogenesis, clinical course, diagnosis, treatment and management of asthma, according to a review published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Although older adult women with chronic kidney disease reported a lower health-related quality of life at baseline, men experienced decline almost twice as fast.

Mobile stroke units were found to be cost-effective for tissue plasminogen activator-eligible patients, especially for those with no baseline disability, a speaker reported.