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WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Robert L. Barrack, MD, spoke about patient dissatisfaction after total knee arthroplasty.

The majority of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus experience persistent depression despite disease activity changes and use of medications for mood disorders, pain and lupus, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

A survey of physicians showed most believe Black women face more barriers to genetic counseling and testing for breast cancer than white women, according to a study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Patients with HF who had severe depression were more likely to have multiple all-cause hospital readmissions compared with patients without depression, according to a prospective cohort study in The American Journal of Cardiology.

The FDA has for the first time approved an emergency use authorization for a long-acting monoclonal antibody cocktail designed to prevent symptomatic COVID-19 among adults and children aged 12 years and older.

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy at the time of delivery were associated with a twofold greater risk for developing HF with preserved ejection fraction vs. deliveries uncomplicated by a hypertensive disorder, researchers reported.

Boys with autism spectrum disorder who received 10 mg/kg of a suramin IV infusion known as PAX-101 experienced greater improvements in symptoms than those who received 20 mg/kg of the same treatment or placebo, data show.

Socioeconomic barriers facing women, including poor access to contraception, postpartum follow-up and maternity leave, can impact their CV health over time, according to a new review.

The antidepressant fluvoxamine reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk patients with COVID-19, according to results of the randomized, placebo-controlled TOGETHER trial.

In a meta-analysis of randomized trials that included patients with CAD, nonfatal MI was not an adequate surrogate for all-cause or CV mortality, researchers reported.