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Clearly defining treatment targets and communicating those targets to patients is essential to optimizing outcomes in psoriatic arthritis, according to a presenter at the 2021 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West.

NIH’s National Institute on Aging announced a $55.6 million grant for Alzheimer’s disease research conducted by the University of Washington, Kaiser Permanente Washington and the University of California San Diego.

The American Academy of Family Physicians’ web-based Adult ADHD Toolkit “measurably increased” awareness of the disorder among health care providers, researchers wrote.

A team from the University of Washington Center for Dialysis Innovation was awarded $650,000 by KidneyX after becoming one of six groups to win the ongoing Artificial Kidney Prize competition.

Patients with PTSD or bipolar disorder reported significant improvement with consultation of primary care physicians or treatment by telepsychiatrists, according to a JAMA Psychiatry study.

The diagnostic criteria for chronic kidney disease that uses the standard estimated glomerular filtration rate threshold of 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 regardless of one’s age may lead to overdiagnosis, researchers wrote.

Findings from a study of patients with and those without chronic kidney disease demonstrated “little evidence” of an association between reduced kidney function and six of seven arrythmia outcomes.

Improving air quality can reduce the risk for dementia and improve cognitive function, according to multiple studies presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.

Myocarditis in children is most commonly caused by viral infection, although there are a variety of infectious and noninfectious causes, according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

Guselkumab administered once every 4 or 8 weeks improved axial outcomes in patients with psoriatic arthritis who have sacroiliitis through week 52, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.