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The annual number of ransomware attacks on health care delivery organizations in the United States more than doubled from 2016 to 2021, exposing the personal health information of nearly 42 million patients, a recent study found.

NEW ORLEANS — A regimen containing post-transplant cyclophosphamide significantly lowered graft-versus-host disease risk among adults who underwent reduced-intensity allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant, study results showed.

The FDA approved once-weekly semaglutide for the treatment of obesity among adolescents aged 12 to 17 years with an initial BMI in the 95th percentile for age and sex, according to a press release.

Individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ continue to face barriers when trying to access high-quality and inclusive cancer care, according to panelists at the annual National Comprehensive Cancer Network Patient Advocacy Summit.

Patients frequently misunderstand physician phrases and assign opposite meanings of what was intended, leading to confusion about health outcomes, a study published in JAMA Network Open reported.

BOSTON — Long-term results showed significantly stronger pinch strength after patients with metacarpophalangeal arthritis underwent carpometacarpal arthroplasty with metacarpophalangeal fusion vs. carpometacarpal arthroplasty alone.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Primary care providers who care for patients with COPD in rural clinics in the Midwest U.S. identified several barriers to delivering evidence-based care.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — People with interstitial lung disease living in rural areas do not appear to have greater risk for death, lung transplant, acute exacerbation or disease progression compared with those in urban areas, researchers reported.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — In a DELIVER subgroup analysis, dapagliflozin conferred similar benefit in patients with HF with improved ejection fraction prior to trial enrollment compared with those with consistently high EF.

Several hematologists will be honored during this year’s ASH Annual Meeting, scheduled for Dec. 10-13 in New Orleans.