University Of Toronto

Young females using e-cigarettes had greater odds for an asthma attack than young males not using e-cigarettes, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

The identification of rare genetic variants that influence bone mineral density did not significantly improve fracture risk screening among a large group of adults, according to data published in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

The COVID-19 pandemic became a stressful, disruptive experience for people of all ages and health statuses around the world.

SAN DIEGO — If wielded appropriately, artificial intelligence could transform health care for the better by improving diagnoses and allowing physicians to provide more individualized care, said the keynote speaker at ACR Convergence 2023.

A new tool using readily available clinical variables to predict psoriatic arthritis risk in patients with psoriasis demonstrated reasonable accuracy and good model performance, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

More than 50% of older adults with COPD and a history of depression screened positive for depression in autumn 2020 of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results published in International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Prophylactic IV immunoglobulin supplementation reduced the risk for severe infections by 90% among adults receiving a B-cell maturation antigen-directed bispecific antibody for treatment of multiple myeloma, study results showed.

Divarasib induced durable clinical responses among patients with KRAS G12C-positive solid tumors, according to study findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Time from presentation to treatment did not affect survival among adults aged younger than 50 years with colorectal cancer, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Serum urate testing in older patients with gout does not occur as regularly as it should, based on international recommendations, in those beginning urate lowering therapy, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.